Work starts next week
(Monday, December 19) to remove the straight-ahead lane onto Guild Street as
part of a new road layout in the city centre which will create a bus priority
route.
The work removing the
straight-ahead on Guild Street, which is from Trinity Quay onto Guild Street,
is due to take about a day and vehicles will not longer be able to use the
route from Monday, December 19.
Statutory stakeholders
including emergency services have already been informed of the Experimental Traffic Regulation Order. It is
expected the new road layout will come into operation next month (January),
weather depending, and there will be updates for the timescale to the public in
the New Year.
The bus priority route will
minimise the amount of general traffic on Bridge Street, Guild Street (east of
Wapping Street), and Market Street (north of Guild Street) by stopping traffic
from using these streets as through-routes.
Access to properties,
businesses, and the Trinity Centre car park will be maintained and motorists
will be able to access the area via the Denburn and South College Street when
the bus priority route is in use.
As part of the works, an
additional three bus gates are being created on the top of Market Street, the
east side of Guild Street, and the top of Bridge Street, and the bus gate on
the east side of Union Street is being moved to the front of the Adelphi.
There will also be a ban on
turning right from Union Terrace to Rosemount Viaduct (except for buses, taxis,
and cycles), and Schoolhill will be pedestrianised from Back Wynd to Flourmill
Lane, with access for service vehicles only.
The bus priority route was
agreed at a meeting of the Full Council in June (2022).