Richard Baum

A resident has contacted me about speeding traffic on Butterstile Lane. It reminded me to follow up my own concerns actually, because recently I’ve driven down that road wondering when exactly Prestwich agreed to open its own Drag Race Speed Way on that street.

I don’t know why some drivers treat Butterstile Lane like Brands Hatch, but they do all the same, and it’s exceedingly dangerous - it’s a residential street with double parked cars, a row of shops and a primary school on it. It’s not on at all that people should be speeding down it, and whilst the mini-roundabout at Agecroft Road East has helped, I think that more should be done. So I have asked the Council to give me information on installing some flashing speed signs. There are already various types of these signs about (one on Bury New Road near St Mary’s Park, and another on Hilton Lane, for instance), and they really do work.

I think we need one on Butterstile. There haven’t been any accidents involving pedestrians there to my knowledge recently, but we need to sort it out before there is one. Too many people are zooming down there, and it should stop.

Rick