OH, no! - the nightmare on the M6 comes back. For after ages of enduring cone chaos during mammoth £37.5 million improvements to the congested seven-mile Bamber Bridge-Broughton stretch, drivers face another six months of misery this summer - as the road is breaking out in bumps.
But, worse, the motorists must pay for the delays while they are mended - for as taxpayers they face a slice of the bill for these blisters. And no-one will say how much.
Will either the government or the contractors explain just why they must be stung for something that's not their fault? And if they cannot, will they please back off?
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