Liverpool's council leader says lessons have been learned following last year's Car Free Day.
A council leader said the authority had not ruled out closing roads again for car-free activities despite problems surrounding last year's event.on 22 September.He said the council would look at ways to close down roads appropriately to encourage the use of public transport.
Large parts of the Strand - one of the city's major routes - were closed as part of Car Free Day with variety of activities on offer to promote active travel alternatives.Local Democracy Reporting ServiceAlmost £9,000 was used for traffic management and an additional £4,800 for stewarding with the bulk of the money spent on the activities.
Problems arose with large queues of traffic building up around the city centre with images and videos of the long tailbacks posted on social media. Mr Robinson added, despite last year's shortcomings, he would not rule out road closures in the future where appropriate. He said: "We're always looking for ways in which we can appropriately close roads in a way that can sort of be really beneficial to the city."
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