Hindley Green Residents Association

The local authority is also proposing to enlarge Westleigh High School – A College of Technology from 1st September 2012. The school premises will be extended to increase the physical capacity of the school to admit more pupils.  Comments & Objections were being accepted up to 1^st October 2009.

The pedestrian crossing facilities at Leigh Rd / Atherton Rd are due to start on site by the end of October 2009.  Emma Barton from WMBC Highways Dept, says she will be able to confirm the programmed dates once a contractor has been appointed.

Information via Cllr Bob Brierley.

Bus No 652
Serving: Leigh, Tamar, Hindley Green, Hindley,
Ince & Wigan
This bus has been withdrawn from 1^st September
2009.
Buses 593 & 598 are unchanged.

Credit is due to WMBC for the excellent show of flowers and plants throughout the summer months.
Due to the quality of the plants and the relatively good weather we have experienced over the last few weeks, the summer planting displays have lasted longer than expected. Therefore the council are now aiming to start the changeover to Winter Bedding during the week commencing 21st September. All the guardrail planters and small ground planters will be removed, then leading onto the larger ground and tiered planters.
Once the planters have been removed from site they will be cleaned, refilled with new compost materials and replanted with winter plants for displays through the winter months. In addition a selection of spring bulbs will also be planted that will begin to show in late February and extend the season of interest right up until next April.
The following types of planting will be used: Winter Bedding: Primroses, Ivy, Cyclamen, Small grasses, Cineraria Silver leaf & Viola - These will give interest in the planters from November to March. Spring Bulbs: Tete e Tete Daffodils and Oscar (red) & White Dream tulips that will give interest from March to April.

Blakeleys Waste Management Ltd are proposing to build a new recycling centre on its existing site at Bickershaw Lane Abram.

The aim is to build a facility that blends into the landscape and potentially helps with local

The aim is to achieve zero landfill.

This new facility would use state of the art technology to transform normally landfill waste into green energy i.e electrical energy and diesel fuel.

Included are plans for a wetlands and fishery which hopefully would give something back to the community.
The wetlands would be open to the public so that children can be brought to see the aquatic life and wildfowl. It would also be open for educational visits.

The fishery would be open for leisure fishing and would include a specimen lake and a competition lake.

Public exhibitions took place from 7^th to 11th September.

From what was said at these exhibitions, existing vehicles, noise pollution and odours will be greatly reduced in the design of this new facility.

The facility will be virtually unnoticeable by local residents.

An interesting website for reporting, discussing, viewing local problems

FIX MY STREET:  http://www.fixmystreet.com/

Report, view, or discuss local problems
(like graffiti, fly tipping, broken paving slabs, or street lighting)

How to report a problem:
1. Enter a nearby GB postcode, or street name and area:
2. Locate the problem on a map of the area
3. Enter details of the problem
4. Fix my street will send it to the council on your behalf.

Another interesting website that deals with pothole problems.

Potholes.co.uk: http//www.potholes.co.uk

Hit a pothole, found a pothole or just simply fed up with potholes?

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If you have got issues with potholes, let others know about them by reporting them and writing a story.

On this site you can find advice from people from all across the country who have been through the same thing.