Warburton is best known for its controversial toll bridge
The toll booth attendant waves his hand and the car trundles across a bridge over the Manchester Ship Canal. It's a scene that has been played out in Warburton for more than 125 years.
The controversy doesn't end there. When the bridge was built in 1863 by The Manchester Ship Canal Company , it cost one person on horseback or in a cart 1p to cross. If approved, the new toll will include 50pc discounts for nearby residents. But the plans have sparked major debates among locals, some of whom want the charges scrapped altogether.
"The bridge causes all sorts of traffic problems," he explained. "At rush hour, it backs up right the way towards Lymm. "We put up with all the inconvenience of the traffic and now we are going to be slapped with higher rates," he said. "I'm quite happy to have it," said Paddy Ruth, whose picturesque cottage is just a stone's throw from the bridge. "It's not doing anybody any harm.""We were so used to living somewhere where there was lots of people and noise," he explained.
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