Conservative councillors have criticised a plan for a bus lane on the main route into Bristol from Cribbs Causeway and the M5.
The new lane is planned on the A 4018 Passage Road between the Crow Lane roundabout and the top of Brentry Hill, and will only be in force during peak times to stop the Number 1 bus from getting stuck in traffic. But there are concerns about reducing the space for drivers, causing extra congestion.
Council bosses were urged to revisit the proposals, slammed as “traffic vandalism” and a “colossal act of self-harm”, during a meeting of the transport policy committee on October 24.
Councillor Mark Weston, leader of the Conservative group, said: “There’s still time to pull back on it. You’re going to artificially create congestion, and it’s going to be chock-a-block all the time.”
Green Cllr Ed Plowden, chair of the transport policy committee, said he thought it was too late in the process for any changes to be made.
Previous proposed changes also included replacing the Crow Lane roundabout with a traffic light junction, banning certain turns off the road, and restrictions in Westbury Village. These proposals were dropped in summer 2019 after proving very unpopular.
By Alex Seabrook, Local Democracy Reporting Service