As the smell of freshly laid tarmac fills the air, a woman in a car pulls up to the traffic lights at a junction in Bury which has been redesigned specifically with cyclists and pedestrians in mind.
Rolling down her windows as the sound of Rihanna pulsates out from her car speakers, she looks directly at a construction worker and shouts “this is a total waste of taxpayers' money!" in his direction before driving off. He looks bemused, but carries on with tarmacking the road as if it's something he's already heard a few times before.
Announced early last year, A56 Manchester Road and A58 Jubilee Way near Bury Town Hall have been revamped as a CYCLOPS (Cycle Optimised Protected Signals) junction - with three give way points, six entrances and a mini set of traffic lights for cyclists.
