Liverpool: pop-up cycle lanes to be made permanent

Work has begun to convert two pop-up cycle lanes in Liverpool into permanent active travel routes. Liverpool City Council is upgrading the pop-up lane on Crown Street, as well as creating a new cycle lane along Catharine Street, between Caledonia Street and Upper Parliament Street.

The £2 million scheme will see a fully segregated cycle lane on both sides of the carriageway on Catharine Street and connect cyclists to the award-winning segregated lanes on Princes Avenue, which is part of the route through Toxteth to Sefton Park.

Work on the scheme, which is supported by Active Travel England’s Active Travel Fund 2 and the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement, began on 8 July, and will take an estimated six months to complete, subject to weather conditions.

Signal upgrades will also be introduced at both the Canning Street and Upper Parliament Street junctions to make them more active travel friendly.