ON November 5 the bus stop outside my home was again demolished by a car. This is the seventh time a vehicle has hit it.

There have been a further eight incidents involving collisions with residential frontages adjacent to, and across from, the bus stop. One resulted in a fatality and all involved vehicles travelling down Brandlesholme Road into Bury on what is a dangerous bend.

Council officers and Labour councillors say this bus stop is safely sited. Five Conservative councillors say it is not. Who is right?

There was an agreed safe relocation of this bus stop on Brandlesholme Road which was requested by Greater Manchester traffic police on road safety grounds, and formally agreed by GMPTE and the councils borough engineers department. Rather than facilitate this agreed safe relocation, Bury Council spent £6,500 on engineering work to relocate my drive from one side of the house to the other!

Bus passenger safety is being compromised because the council would look pretty stupid now if they have to relocate the bus stop to this agreed safe location as such action would have incurred only minimal cost had it been done at the time it was agreed. This is why the council is strongly opposed to re-siting it now.

Unfortunately, Bury Council is not a listening council. It is a telling council and a 'bullying' council.

Common sense tells them to move the bus stop; legislation requires it of them. So the council incurs a few bruised egos if the bus stop is moved. So what! Passenger safety is of paramount importance.

There is a fatality waiting to happen!

BRUCE BIRTWISTLE

Brandlesholme Road, Bury.