MOTORISTS are reminded work starts today (Monday 19 December) 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 19 December.
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).
