£20M upgrade for city's buses

28 February 2007
 
A bus-priority lane is set for the M32 as part of a £20M programme to transform Bristol’s bus network.
Due to start this autumn, the five-year project will also see delivery of bus-priority traffic lights, major improvements to shopping parades along routes including smarter paving and street furniture, state-of-the-art bus stops, and a number of road safety initiatives.
Bristol City Council has published details of the routes that will be improved as part of the project, which is subject to final confirmation of government support, expected later in the year.
The Greater Bristol Bus Network programme is being developed through a partnership between the council and its neighbouring West of England authorities.
Work within the city will complement £37M of improvements to commuter bus links between Bristol and Weston Super Mare, Bath, Norton Radstock, Portishead, and Yate/ Chipping Sodbury.
Councillor Dennis Brown, executive member for transport, said: ‘This programme represents a step change in the council’s drive to improve the city’s existing public transport network and transform the reliability of bus services across the city.
‘Just as importantly, we aim to design these schemes wherever possible so that the safety and environmental improvements they feature will regenerate local shopping areas and benefit traders and residents along the route.’
The first phase of the project will include new traffic light systems, bus stops and real-time information displays installed on Filton Avenue, serving the busy 73 bus route. Work should start on a new bus priority lane on the M32 in spring 2008.

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