This is 'virgin' on the ridiculous...

Five way traffic lights at the busy Fiveways junction are making it as least five times longer for locals driving to and from Southport, Preston and Ormskirk town centre!

And don’t expect the delays and frustration to end any time soon, either; QLocal's Roger Blaxall spoke to one of the contract managers for Warrington's NM Utilities yesterday afternoon enquiring if the road works might be finished for Monday when local schools return after the half term break

His reply?

A succinct "I wish!" which suggests ever more chaos next week as the roads get back to normal.

It took Blaxall at least twenty minutes to drive round Ormskirk on his return from Pemberton, Wigan on the M58 and past Edge Hill. Despite trying to dodge the town centre queues by using Small Lane and Bridge St., he got stuck at the fire station roundabout and then on County Road with a five minute trip taking five times that.

And local queues continued well past six o'clock with Ormskirk town centre, County Road, Southport Road and Halsall Lane all badly affected.

The work's being undertaken on behalf of Virgin Media to give Ormskirk a state of the art communication network; next stop is Formby via Holborn Hill and rural Aughton, Downholland and Altcar.

We as Taxi drivers should get compensation for loss of earnings due to this chaos

Ormskirk is a joke at the best of times but this week has be a nightmare