Vehicles have been largely outlawed from a stretch of Friargate North as part of a project to better connect the city’s university, cultural and retail quarters
The operation of a recently pedestrianised route on the edge of Preston city centre has been rethought – over concerns that it could damage the very businesses it was designed to help support.
That was to allow a four-hour window during which retailers based on Friargate North would be able to take deliveries. With a 24-hour prohibition for motor vehicles for the short stretch between Union Street and Ringway, the aim of the scheme – which was completed at the turn of the year – was to revamp the route and create a ‘café culture environment’.
Permits will be issued to businesses situated on the pedestrianised part of Friargate North, along with a key that will enable them to release and reinstate the bollards put in place to restrict access to other road users. A new, six-month public consultation will be carried out prior to any decision to make what is now a temporary traffic regulation order permanent.
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