Wigan police impose four dispersal zones to thwart weekend boy racer meets
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Officers have uncovered plans to use town centre roads and a bypass as race tracks on Sunday and say they now plan to disrupt them in the interests of public safety.
A spokesperson for GMP Wigan West said: “We are aware of a planned car meet due to take place within Wigan borough on Sunday November 20.
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Hide Ad"Consequently, in order to prevent anti-social behaviour and reduce the risk to members of the community, dispersal powers have been authorised for specific locations in Wigan, Hindley and Leigh from noon on Sunday November 20 until 5am on Monday November 21.”
The locations included within the dispersal powers include:
Wigan: the area bounded by Stadium Way, Frith Street, Ormskirk Road, Robin Park Road and Scot Lane;
Wigan: Westwood Way from its junction with Warrington Road to its junction with Chapel Lane;
Leigh: the area bounded by Atherleigh Way, Twist Lane, Wigan Road, Nel Pan Lane, Westleigh Lane, Kirkhall Lane, Leigh Road, Marketplace, King Street, Spinning Jenny Way, Henry Street, the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and St Helens Road;
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Hide AdHindley: the area bounded by Wigan Road, Darby Lane and Market Street.
The spokesperson added: “A policing operation will be in place involving district police officers and teams from our Specialist Operations branch.
"We will take positive action against any individual driving dangerously or carelessly and in an anti-social manner. In addition to prosecution we will seize vehicles using our powers under the Police Reform Act 2002 and take action after the event if necessary, using evidence from ANPR and CCTV cameras.