Traffic trial Council leader 'regrets' how scheme was rolled out

THE leader of Bristol City Council “personally regrets’ how the rollout of a suburb’s liveable neighbourhood has been handled.

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Tony Dyer said he thinks “there are definitely lessons to be learned” about the process.

This comes after angry residents were seen protesting after council contractors tried to complete the controversial scheme in Barton Hill at 3am.

A six-month trial of the scheme is now under way and involves a variety of measures intended to calm traffic - including bus gates and cycle lanes.

The improvements in a liveable neighbourhood, according to the council, aim to make it easier to catch a bus and to walk or cycle, with less through traffic.

But campaigners state that the scheme has 'gridlocked the area, creating unsafe roads and increased pollution'.

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