Three Manchester suburbs are the latest to benefit from wider pavements as measures to ensure social distancing continue. Temporary footway widening schemes will be carried out on Manchester Road in Chorlton this week and Wilmslow Road in Withington in the coming weeks.
Work was completed on Ashton Old Road in Openshaw this week and pavement widening is already in place in Rusholme, on the Curry Mile, as well as Cheetham Hill Road, London Road and Princess Street in the city centre.
It follows the temporary pedestrianisation of a section of Deansgate in Manchester city centre. Footways will be widened using either heavy-duty Rhino barriers or cones, with bus stops being relocated and parking bays suspended where this is required.
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