A date has been set for the reopening of Stevenson Square to bus traffic — having been wholly pedestrianised for two years.
The Northern Quarter square was closed to traffic in early 2020 in line with the Covid-19 lockdown — in an effort to encourage more people to walk and cycle across the city centre. Council chiefs had planned to keep the square closed off, before a row broke out between the authority and bus firms, the MEN understands.
As a ‘compromise’, one lane of the south-west route connecting Lever Street and Spear Street will reopen to buses and black cabs. Previously, the road — which runs outside Fred Aldous, Dusk ‘Till Pawn, and Noho — was used as a bus stop.
