Plans to close Park Street to cars as announced by Marvin Rees in a blaze of publicity appear to be in doubt. The proposal to shut the busy city centre road to through-traffic was the main new policy announcement in the Bristol mayor’s State of the City Address last year as part of a wider scheme to prioritise buses along the whole length of the A4018, which went out to consultation.
But it seems to have gone the way of the return of powerboat racing to the docks, which he said was in the pipeline in the first of his set-piece annual speeches in 2016, and other major pledges that have yet to materialise, including an underground. Opposition Green Cllr David Wilcox asked for an update on the Park Street plans at Bristol City Council member forum on Tuesday (November 8).
A reply written on the mayor's behalf said: “It is important to be accurate – in last year’s State of the City the mayor proposed a consultation on the possibility of closing Park Street to private cars. The consultation has taken place as part of a wider review of the A4018 and bus prioritisation.
