A new 24-hour bus lane is among the traffic works being planned for a key route in Henbury. Bristol City Council are consulting the public on changes to the junction between Falcondale Road and Henbury Road.
The plans for the bus lane along Falcondale Road have been criticised by local ward councillor for Henbury and Brentry, Mark Weston, although the council says they will improve bus journey times. The proposal includes widening the existing traffic island on the southern arm of Falcondale Road to improve the crossing point for pedestrians, making the inbound lane on Falcondale Road ‘right turn only’, as well as stopping cars from turning right from Falcondale Road into Henbury Road, among other things.
According to a consultation page on the council's website, the new bus lane would "serve the number 1 and 13 bus services which currently get held up in traffic which can queue past Greystoke Avenue and would help to improve bus journey times and be an important part of the wider strategic bus network." But Cllr Weston told Bristol Live that, while he agrees with many of the changes, he thinks the new bus lane would create more traffic.
