A popular Harbourside walking and cycling route is set to be reopened to motor traffic three years after it was temporarily closed. Plans to remove the roadblocks from the bottom of Avon Crescent have sparked road safety fears as well as concerns over an increase in pollution.
Bristol City Council is planning to reopen the road after repair works are finished on the Chocolate Path later this year. Avon Crescent will become a one-way road, for cars driving eastbound from Merchants Road down to Cumberland Road.
Campaigners and local councillors are warning the move would make it more dangerous for the many people who walk and cycle along the road. But council bosses say planned new bus gate restrictions further down Cumberland Road will lead to a steep drop in traffic.
