Pop up cycle lanes across Liverpool have become a ‘maintenance nightmare’, according to a report by the city council.
A number of temporary routes were installed across the city in the summer of 2020 in a bid to encourage more active travel. The schemes were funded by the Liverpool City Combined Authority and the Department of Transport and aimed to support the process of relaxing travel restrictions following the Covid-19 pandemic.
Seven schemes across the city were outlined with the first round of funding going towards pop-up cycle lanes on West Derby Road, Sefton Park and Commercial/Vauxhall Road. In January the city council received a further £1.9m to go towards three more routes, but the council has now said it is taking a different approach to those installed in the summer of 2020.
