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29 June 2022

Vol 29 l Issue 26

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One of the teams who took part in the event.

Girls showed ‘fantastic skills’ in footy tournament MORE than 150 girls from schools across West Lancashire descended upon JMO Sports Park for their Euro 2022 football tournament on Friday, June 24. Organised by the West Lancashire Sport Partnership, the event aimed to encourage girls to take up football and get as active as possible while having fun with their friends. Leader of the borough council Yvonne Gagen opened the event and talked about her previous career in women’s

football, having played for Wigan and represented Wales at international level. Chris Hart, school games organiser for West Lancashire said: “It was great to see so many girls taking part, they were fantastic throughout and showed brilliant skills.” Their next flagship event is a Commonwealth Games event on Monday, July 11 at Edge Hill University when both high schools and primary schools will take part.

Concerns over effects of reducing road to one lane after utility works cause traffic chaos in town centre Report by Henry James

HEAVY traffic congestion in Ormskirk town centre caused by the temporary closure of one lane on Derby Street bridge has sparked fears that the same could happen if the bridge is made permanently one lane. Traffic was restricted on the bridge due to emergency roadworks by Electricity North West, which caused long queues on other town centre roads. Lancashire County Council plan to make the bridge permanently one lane next year and say the proposal is “based on detailed traffic modelling. But politicians of all parties on West Lancashire Borough Council have voiced opposition to the plan. Councillor Adrian Owens, leader of the Our

The Derby Street railway bridge in Ormskirk town centre.

West Lancashire group on the borough council questioned whether the county council “can so confidently predict no congestion for a future single lane Derby Street bridge when these temporary roadworks have so evidently resulted in congestion?” Labour borough councillor Gareth Dowling said the county council was making a decision “based on flawed evidence.” He added: “The computer generated indicator bears no similarity to what we experience every time there is a single lane due to road-

works or even a vehicle parked up. “There are multiple alternatives to the single lane approach. They could widen the existing two lanes and add pedestrian access on either or both sides, or replace the existing bridge altogether with one wide enough to accommodate two lanes and two footpaths.” Lancashire County Council say the proposal is “based on detailed traffic modelling, a tried-and-tested method of testing what impact any change to the roads will have on Continued inside

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