A resident is continuing to call on the council to introduce road safety measures to what he describes as a'notoriously dangerous junction' just on his doorstep. Andy Chadwick lives in Adlington , on Westhoughton Road on the junction of Rawlinson Lane just metres from his front door. The dangerous road has been the subject of Parish council concerns for over a decade and has sparked several complaints from residents.
In the eight months, two cars have hit Andy's property which damaged the wall and window of his house costing hundreds of pounds. (Image: Andy Chadwick) A video caught by his CCTV highlights just one of several car crashes occurring on the junction. Another crash hit the gas main at the side of the property in August, which was the second accident-causing direct damage to Andy's property, he sites the junction’s ‘blind bend’ coupled with ‘high speed limits’ for the cause behind the accidents.
(Image: Andy Chadwick) Andy has contacted the Parish Council for help and also Lancashire County Council on multiple occasions to make the Rawlinson Lane junction safer, including the suggestion of traffic lights, a roundabout or a barrier, all of which have been rejected by Lancashire Council. Instead, Mr Chadwick maintains that the council have only moved a thin telephone pole , which belongs to Openreach, a couple of meters backwards. Whilst the council state that said pole was allegedly causing obstructions to driver’s vision, Andy has maintained that this ha.