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Police called as protesters once again block installation of liveable neighbourhood scheme
Council contractors have once again been blocked from installing the infrastructure needed for the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood trial.
Police were called on Monday morning to the latest stand-off in Barton Hill.
Deputy council leader, Green councillor Heather Mack, and John Smith, interim executive director of the growth & regeneration directorate, were also confronted by angry residents on Avonvale Road.
“You are stopping me from taking my children to school but you drove here,” one woman with a megaphone told Smith, as other protesters shouted “shame”.
She added: “There’s some people who lost their income today because they couldn’t drive to work.”
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In the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood trial scheme, a bus gate on Avonvale Road west of the Marsh Lane junction and east of Beam Street will prevent most cars from driving through it.
But as part of the scheme, emergency services, bin lorries, professional carers providing care within the community, parents with children attending SEND schools, taxis and private hire vehicles, disabled class vehicles, and cycles and e-scooters will be able to drive through all of the bus gates without receiving a fine.
Bristol City Council also hope that the bus gate will help prioritise the number 5 bus service by stopping through-traffic travelling along Avonvale Road and Beaufort Road.
Protesters are angry about the perceived lack of consultation ahead of the implementation of the trial – photo: Shaban Ali
Main photo & video: Shaban Ali
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