Manchester City will celebrate winning the Treble with an open-top bus parade on Monday, June 12.
25.05.2023 - 10:03 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A major overhaul of a popular city centre square will include a two-way cycle lane running through its heart, the council has confirmed.
Work to make Stevenson Square, in the Northern Quarter, more ‘pedestrian and cyclist friendly’ will start next month, council chiefs have announced today (May 25). The project will include a range of changes to the public space, three-quarters of which was permanently pedestrianised last year.
The work is ‘a long-held ambition’ of Manchester city council, according to the Executive Member for Environment and Transport. Coun Tracey Rawlins, who also said the project will make the area more accessible.
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“It’s been a long-held ambition of ours to make Stevenson Square a more welcoming and accessible place,” Coun Rawlins said. “The steps that will be put in place over the coming months will help make this area a more vibrant and accessible part of Manchester.”
Over the pandemic, the square was temporarily fully pedestrianised but a deal was struck between the council and bus firms to keep three-quarters of the space vehicle-free last year. That was to avoid a legal challenge from bus firms, which would have required the square to return to motor traffic while legal proceedings were ongoing, the MEN understands.
New pedestrian crossings at the junctions of Hilton and Oldham Street, Hilton and Newton Street, and Lever Street and Stevenson Square
Static blocks to regulate vehicle access to the area.
Removal of pay and display bays on Hilton Street
New tactile paving
Additional seating
A two-way cycleway running through Stevenson Square
Construction teams move in on Monday, June 5. The changes to the square include new
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