A new ‘bus gate’ in the city has got local residents up in arms — because it now takes twice as long to drive around than it does to WALK through.
The new bus lane, on Bridge Street, means private motor vehicles cannot leave the city centre via the road. They can enter Manchester, however, as there is no corresponding bus lane on the Salford side of the Irwell, which is where the bus lane ends.
Manchester City Council says it installed the bus lane as ‘part of a wider programme of improvements around the Deansgate area’ to ‘improve walking, wheeling and cycling throughout the city centre’. However, residents from The Bridge Apartments, next to the Lowry Hotel, say they’ve been ‘discarded’.
