Headlines in this evening's "Bolton Evening News"
A SLICE OFF THE ROAD HUMPS
Quarter to be axed or lowered 
Article as reported by Edward Chadwick reveals that speed humps throughout Bolton are to be lowered or removed after numebrous complaints from motorists and residents.
Councillors in Bolton are now taking action after their review of the humps confirmed that the humps were damaging cars and causing delays to emergency services.
Several
hundred humps (a quarter of all Bolton's humps) are to be removed or lowered by 3 inches. In future - councillors will have to take all opinions into account when deciding upon any "calming" engineering.
Town hall officials responded after complaints that the humps caused residents windows to rattle if anything drove over the humps at any speed due the excessive height, after compalints at damage to cars and delays to emergency vehicles. Although they are warning that no humps are ear marked for immediate removal - the "B.E.N" reports that the council have drawn up a target list of humps to be scrapped.
Any future hump will be 2-3 inches only and spaced further apart.
Tory councillor says: "I want the council to justify where and when they use speed humps. As an ex fireman - I can confirm that the traffic calming measures are not the be all and end all"
The GMP Fire Authority rep: couincillor Paul Brierley confirms that every speed hump adds 20 seconds to each shout and can mean the difference between life and death.
Councillor Wilkinson told the "BEN":
"Part of the problem is that after campaigning for the humps, people then decided they did not like living with them
Oh if only the same sense will extend to scams.... 
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