Safer bus stops for city using government cash

Councillor Ieronimo wants the changes to make catching the bus an easy and convenient choice for residents

Bus passengers will benefit from more than £900,000 to improve bus stops around a city.

Hull City Council and local bus operators reviewed more than 1,000 bus stops and shelters across the city and identified work to be completed.

Accessibility and safety work including raising kerb-lines, the installation of barriers and building up to 30 new bus shelters are planned.

Councillor Mark Ieronimo, cabinet portfolio holder for transport and infrastructure at Hull City Council said the works would have a "huge impact" for passengers.

Works have started in some areas of the city but would pause for Hull Fair according the council

Funded by the Department for Transport, it is hoped the newly improved bus stops will be safer, more accessible and more convenient for passengers whilst they wait for the bus.

Pavement kerbs on Anlaby Road are being raised to make it easier for wheelchair users and those with pushchairs and prams to get on board.

On Boothferry Road and North Road, the bus shelter has moved further away from the road to improve access.

In Sutton-on-Hull, new paving has been installed at the stop on Church Street which previously had no footpath. The bus stop at the Sutton Village post office has been moved away from a bend in the road for safety reasons.

A raised kerb has also been installed at the Barham Road bus stop, opposite Griffin Primary School.

Ieronimo said: "While these works seem small in nature, they have a huge impact on the lives of our residents day-to-day and are often the types of things people want us, as a council, to get on and deliver".

The scheme will pause later this month to allow bus services for Hull Fair to run smoothly.

Works will start again at the end of October with the aim of completion before April 2026.

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