TOWN Hall bosses have issued a permanent ban on HGVs using the route from Collins Green Lane to part of Fir Tree Lane in Burtonwood and Winwick.

The order has been made because of the council's concerns about the potential effects that HGVs using the route would have on properties and other road users.

The narrowness of the carriageways, the combination of bends and junctions and the absence of footways on one side of most sections of the roads also gave cause for concern.

It was originally an experimental order, but has now become permanent.