Cars to be banned from main part of Lime Street from today

A new traffic order will ban cars from the main section of Lime Street from today.

All traffic - apart from bikes, buses, taxis, private hire vehicles and those requiring access to load or unload - will be barred from heading into the area of Lime Street between London Road and St George's Place from today onwards.

Traffic coming from the north will be directed along Seymour Street and onto Copperas Hill and then Skelhorne Street. Traffic heading from the south will be directed to turn right after the Adelphi Hotel and up Copperas Hill after the Adelphi Hotel.