The mayor of Bristol has promised to take a second look at a “risky” diversion for a major cycling route. A section of Concorde Way, connecting the city centre to north Bristol, will be closed for at least a year to make space for construction workers building a new train station.
The section running from St Werburghs and Ashley Down to Petherbridge Way closed earlier in March. The diversion set by Bristol City Council directs cyclists up Boiling Wells Lane, and then advises people to ride along the busy Muller Road or get off their bikes and walk.
But the diversion was previously criticised by cycling campaigners, and has now also been slammed as “risky” by local Green councillors, who called on the mayor to reconsider the temporary route. Marvin Rees said he was “always happy to go back over” council decisions such as this.
