In recent days problems on Blackpool Road have left motorists stuck for hours in jams – making only usually five or 10 minute journeys. But the traffic woes are nothing new, as can be seen in this set of images showing the once accident blackspot of Black Bull Lane in Fulwood. Radical plans were put in place to try and ease the issues but the area is still beset by heavy traffic to this day. READ MORE: Fulwood through the years. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Broadgate under the spotlight. MORE MEMORIES: Walk through Moor Park of yesteryear
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9. A6 traffic woes
Traffic experts were called in to switch off traffic lights so they could be moved at Preston's Garstang Road. The lights being turned off for several hours caused yet even more misery for motorists forced to travel through the controversial junction with Black Bull Lane Photo: Archive
10. A6 traffic woes
Drivers stuck in the middle of the busy junction of Garstang Road and Black Bull Lane in 1992 as a safety trial at the accident blackspot was slammed as the number of incidents actually rose rather than dropped away Photo: Archive
11. A6 traffic woes
Michael Dacre, manager of Halifax Property Services on the corner of Black Bull Lane and Garstang Road said of the 1994 road improvements: "Anything would be better than this because it's a mess. Someone is going to get knocked down." Photo: Archive
12. A6 traffic woes
Val Turner, who was a waitress at the Black Bull pub, right on the corner of Garstang Road and Black Bull Lane, said: "It's terrible. Sometimes the traffic is queued right up to Withy Trees junction. Ambulances have to come on the other side of the road to get through the junction." Photo: Archive