FOOT weary pedestrians have been promised a short cut to Leigh town centre will be reinstated.
Contractors building a new superstore complex alongside Atherleigh Way have told Leigh Central Cllr Brian Thomas they will lay a new footpath to replace the one being built over.
The track from Clifton Street - not classed as a public right of way - had been used for years by countless workers and shoppers but is now blocked off at the pelican crossing which served it.
Cllr Thomas said:"People wanting to cross Atherleigh Way from Wigan Road have to follow a hastily constructed footpath around the old Council yard wall.
"They can then walk between safety barriers alongside the by-pass to the pelican crossing at Walmesley Road.
"The new supermarket will be across the line of the path but the contractors have assured us they will lay a footpath around the building leading to the Walmesley Road crossing."
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