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Boothstown and Ellenbrook
Election results May 3rd 2012

Candidate Party Votes cast
Cheetham, Andy Conservative Party 1,179
Dylan, Tom Green Party 134
Gregory, James Harold Liberal Democrats 115
Pevitt, Mike Labour Party 778
Woodburn, Paul Stephen UK Independence Party 181
Elected: Andy Cheetham
Electorate: 7,688
Votes cast: 2,387
Turnout: 31.27%
Majority: 401
Void votes: 17
Status: Conservative hold

The first elected Mayor of Salford is Labour Councillor Ian Stewart.

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The guided busway

Sal ford Council in their infinite lack of wisdom still intend foisting the ridiculous " Guided Busway " upon us.

In brief, parts of the already congested East Lancashire Road will be reduced to one lane to make way for a bus lane yes you got it right some idiot seems to think that it is a good idea to provide a bus service along the East Lancashire Road.

Maybe they would do better to insist that the busses started running through Boothstown again instead of encouraging them to miss the area altogether.
Salford Council seem to be always on the look out for some new way to squander our money, having wasted millions of pounds on the project to make the main route into manchester via The Crescent virtually impassible. Then there is the stupid mini roundabout on Ellenbrook Road which is an accident waiting to happen. Why not follow the lead of Bolton Council and waste our money buying some works of art knocked up by a dad and lad in the garden shed. At least that way they would not cause even more misery to the long suffering motorists.

SAY NO TO THE MISGUIDED BUSWAY

The Watchdog Dustbin Lid Award

This week the DBL award must go to all those drivers who don't seem to know how their indicators work, or they are just too bone idle to bother.
The worst offenders are those who can see that you are waiting for them at a traffic roundabout but don't bother to let you know that they are turning left, although even worse are the idiots who turn right at a traffic roundabout without signaling, and the give a load of verbal's to any driver who pulled out on them thinking that they were going straight ahead