The buses, the buses

Residents of Granville Avenue, especially, and others, will be pleased that the "bus barriers" at last seem to be working.

There were initial problems - a saboteur ripped out wiring, and "boy racers" have driven through at high speed and noise, but things have settled down now.

The result is that coaches taking pupils to Burton Borough School no longer use the Granville Avenue. They reach the school via the industrial estate, and return from the school via Audley Avenue, and Audley Road to Stafford Street.

The only remaining problem seems to be lorry drivers attempting deliveries to units on the estate at all hours of the day and night, and who seek to find it by a wrong instruction from a sat-nav. It is hoped that our highways section will erect direction signs to the estate emphasising the correct route.

Message from Councillor Meredith.