Royal Parade now open for buses again after works

PLYMOUTH'S ambitious £7.5m Royal Parade bus improvement scheme has been completed and buses began using it yesterday.

- By WILLIAM TELFORD

The new look improvement scheme with its 'saw tooth' design along the kerb, which should reduce stacking of services in the bus lane

(WILLIAM TELFORD)

The project was supposed to open on Monday last week but torrential downpours during February hampered the work.

But now the project, initially planned to be complete by July last year, is finished, although there is still some work to be done on the crossing.

In a post on social media the council said: "The new bus shelters are in, the service signs are up and markings are on the road - Royal Parade is now open to buses."

It said the "bigger, better" bus shelters were ready to use from 5am on Monday, and passengers and bus drivers were now getting used to the new look improvement scheme.