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BRADFORD ST, BRIDGEMAN PLACE, LWR BRIDGEMAN ST 03/09/2021 18:48:58

PHASE 1 31 AUG – 7 SEP each night 8pm - 5am approx.: PHASE 2 18 SEP – 24 SEP each night 8pm - 5am approx.:

BRADFORD ST - BRIDGEMAN PLACE - LWR BRIDGEMAN ST

THE BOROUGH COUNCIL OF BOLTON ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 S.14 BRADFORD STREET, BRIDGEMAN PLACE & LOWER BRIDGEMAN STREET - TEMPORARY CLOSURES

The Council intends to make an order, operative from 31 August 2021 for 4 weeks approx, the effect of which will be to prohibit all traffic from proceeding on:

PHASE 1

31 AUG – 7 SEP each night 8pm - 5am approx.: Bridgeman Place - closed Bradford Street - one-way westbound. Alternate route: Bradshawgate, Bank St, Manor St, Folds Rd, Bury New Rd, Castle St.

PHASE 2

18 SEP – 24 SEP each night 8pm - 5am approx.: Lower Bridgeman Street - closed Bradford Street - one-way eastbound. Alternate route: Castle St, Bury New Rd, Folds Rd, Manor St, Bank St, Bradshawgate.

The order is to enable highway construction works to take place. The Order will end after 18 months or on completion of the works whichever first occurs.

Changes from Sunday 29/08/21 18/08/2021 16:01:43

29/08/21

Customer Information

Diamond service changes from Sunday 29th August 2021

Timetable changes on the following services, please check the new timetables as the times of some journeys may have changed: These will be available shortly with links below.

8, 20, 21 & 22, 29, 36, 37, 65, 66, 70, 74, 75, 79, 162, 163, 471, 472, 474, 501, 507, 511, 516, 520, 524, 533, 561, 562, 575, 582, 583, X39.

Service 66 Eccles – Prestwich to address ongoing issues with punctuality, in partnership with TfGM we will shorten the route from Prestwich Tesco to Prestwich Longfield Centre/Metrolink stop. There will also be a revised timetable.

Service 470 “Rammy Rambler” will continue to operate up to and including Sunday 5th September, after which it will stop running for the winter season.

Service 511 Bolton – Walshaw – Bury this service will now depart from stand B at Bolton Interchange. There will also be a revised timetable.

Service 520 Bolton – Westhoughton this service will now operate from stands S/T at Bolton Interchange. There will also be a revised timetable.

Service 635 Appley Bridge – Wigan this service will no longer operate between Wigan Infirmary and Wigan Bus Station. This is due to general timekeeping issues as well as congestion within the Infirmary grounds. Connections between Wigan and Wigan Infirmary are available on Arriva service 362.

Service X8 Johnson Fold – Manchester express this service, which has been temporarily suspended since March 2020, will be permanently withdrawn. Connections between Johnson Fold and Bolton are available on service 501 (Stagecoach service 125 on Chorley Old Rd) and service 8 between Bolton and Manchester.

Please note that regular Sunday timetables will be in operation for the Late Summer Public Holiday on Monday 30th August 2021.

Services that have been delayed due to roadworks 06/08/2021 16:29:32

From the 9th May

Keeping you moving during the roadworks

In recent weeks, some of our services have been heavily disrupted due to roadworks across Greater Manchester. We apologise for the delays and would like to set out our plans to adjust services to keep you moving during this period of disruption.

Currently we are experiencing long-term roadworks in the following locations:

• Swinton centre – junction re-building works at the A6 Chorley Road/Partington Lane/Station Road junction. This is currently causing delays of 20-30 minutes during peak times to services 21, 22, 29, 36, 37, 66, X39.
• A6 Chapel Street / Salford Crescent – works to replace the granite block road surface mean there are no bus lanes on this section until September. This is causing delays to services 8, 36, 37, X39.
• New Bailey Street – construction work means there is two-way temporary lights for 18 months underneath the railway bridge at Salford Crescent station. This is causing further delays to the 8, 36, 37 and X39.
• Wash Lane, Bury is currently closed at the junction with Rochdale Road until mid-June. The volume of traffic diverting onto Rochdale Road means that services from Bury towards Heap Bridge and Heywood are becoming significantly delayed during peak times. These works are compounded by an Electricity North West lane closure on Rochdale Road and the closure of the exit from Bury Interchange onto Angouleme Way from 10^th
• Ongoing short-term roadworks, RTCs, and other events on the highway network that cause disruption from time to time.

What are we doing to address these delays?

• Ongoing dialogue with TfGM, local councils and other stakeholders to influence and speed up roadworks. As a result of this dialogue, there will be no works in Swinton during the AM peak from next week (W/C Sunday 02 May 2021), in order to improve bus punctuality.
• Liaising with local councils to take action when utility companies and other contractors undertake unauthorised works. For example, contractors carrying out works last week on Tonge Moor Road (Services 507/533) and Newbrook Road (Service 582) without permission were fined by Bolton and Wigan Councils.
• Adding extra buses to the network to provide more recovery time after each journey, from 9^th May services 36, 37, 162, 163 will be operated slightly differently to ensure that journeys are leaving the start points on time. The customer timetable remains unchanged.