City set to bring in more 'experimental' bus lanes

Two "experimental" bus lanes are to be introduced in Liverpool

Plans to introduce two new bus lanes in Liverpool have been announced.

Proposals to create one on Longmoor Lane in Fazakerley and add one on Upper Parliament Street in Toxteth were unveiled by Liverpool City Council earlier this week.

Some north Liverpool councillors said they had been given no advance notice of the council's plans, and while some residents branded them "an absolute joke", others said they welcomed the initiative.

The council said no fines would be issued for other vehicles straying into the "experimental" bus lanes until they had been in place for six months.

'Absolute joke'

About £125,000 is to be spent on the lanes, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.

Declan Henry, a Fazakerley councillor, said: "I agree that bus lanes could really help ease congestion and encourage the use of public transport but we have to have the infrastructure in place so that public transport is a convenient and cost-effective option."

Resident Jeni Meli said: "I must be the only person that wants this back but then I don't drive, I use public transport all the time and I'm sick of being late for work because of so much traffic delaying my bus."

But Vicky Hogg said the stretch on Longmoor Lane was "bad enough as it is" and dismissed the local authority's plans as "an absolute joke".

Liverpool City Council scrapped many of its bus lanes in 2014 but started to reintroduce some in 2023.