Bristol City Council is set to advance proposals to install new 24-hour bus lanes and reduce speed limits on the Portway.The council’s transport and connectivity committee will meet to decide whether to submit a full business case for the A4 Portway transport corridor project.
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00:00Bristol City Council is due to advance proposals to implement new 24-hour bus lanes and to
00:08reduce the speed limits on the Portway in Bristol. The Council's Transport and Connectivity
00:15Committee will meet to decide whether to submit a full business case for the A4 Portway Transport
00:22Corridor project to the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority. This forms a significant
00:29step forward to secure the multi-million pound funding needed to start the building
00:33scheme Bristol City Council has stated. The scheme will include the following, a new 24-hour
00:41bus lane to increase bus use, wider pavements for shared use between both pedestrians and
00:47cyclists and reducing the speed limit and junction improvements. And finally, more green
00:54space and tree planting where possible.