AS if there wasn't enough artwork on the roads. I was taken aback by some new signs which have appeared in Hindley Green.

Not only are there sign posts marking a school patrol on poles by the road side, huge facsimiles of the parent leading a child in a triangle have been painted on both sides of the carriageway in Atherton Road.

I'm all for road safety, but is this addition really necessary? The increase in in-your-face markings all over the roads makes areas so unsightly.