Liverpool - Upper Parliament Street & Park Way Temporary Suspension Of Prohibition Of Loading And Unloading & Reserved Bus Lane

LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICES

Juliet Mbam, (Interim) Head of Law (Planning & Regulatory), City Law & Governance, Legal Services, Cunard Building, Water Street, Liverpool, L3 1AH.
Dated 5 November 2026.

(Upper Parliament Street & Park Way) (Temporary Suspension of Prohibition of Loading and Unloading & Reserved Bus Lane) (Temporary Prohibition of Loading and Unloading & Reserved Bus Lane) Order, 2026

Notice is hereby given that the Council intends to make the above-mentioned Order under Section 14 of The Road Traffic Regulation Act, 1984: -

1. The City Council of Liverpool (Upper Parliament Street Area) (Revocations, Prohibition of Waiting, Prohibition of Loading and Unloading, Unrestricted Parking Places and Reserved Bus Lane) Order, 2011, (hereinafter referred to as, "the Order of 2011") is hereby varied so as to -

(a) suspend the existing Article 8 (prohibition of loading and unloadingrestrictions(7.30am-9.30am & 4.30pm- 6pm, Mon-Sat incl.)).

(b) include the new Article 8 (prohibition of loading and unloading restrictions(7am to 7pm, Mon-Sun incl.), with certain exceptions, on: - (a) Upper Parliament Street, south side, from a point 18m west of its junction with Park Way, in an easterly direction, to a point 37m east of its junction with Mulgrave Street; & (b) Park Way, from its junction with Upper Parliament Street, in southerly direction, for a distance of 5m.

NOTE: The existing exemptions specified in Article 9 of the Order of 2011 will still apply to the new Article 8. (c) to suspend the existing Article 11 (reserved bus lane). (d) to include the new Article 11 (reserved bus lane) that prohibits any vehicle, other than a public service vehicle operating as a local bus on a local service, a coach operating a scheduled service operating from or terminating at a stop within the Liverpool One Bus Station, hackney carriage, a vehicle being used by the Police, Ambulance, Fire Service (in the process of attending an emergency call and whilst displaying blue flashing lights), or Statutory Services, Postal Operator and Local Authority in pursuance with their essential duties within the bus lane, an emergency liveried NHS vehicle being used for the urgent transport of blood, tissues and organs, any vehicle being used by His Majesty's Prison Service or their contractors for the transportation of prisoners, a pedal cycle or an electrically assisted pedal cycle not being a motor vehicle, or a vehicle crossing to access the inset parking places between Mulgrave Road and Princes Road, to enter, proceed or wait in the reserved bus lane on: - Upper Parliament Street, between its junction with Mulgrave Road in a south westerly direction to a point 70m from its junction with Princes Road, other than for the purposes of crossing it, between the hours of 7.00 a.m. and 7.00 p.m. on Mondays to Sundays inclusive."

2. This Order will be operative from the 25 November 2026 and will subsequently remain in force until the 23 May 2028, or until such time that a formal introduction of an Experimental Traffic Regulation Order is brought into effect and will safely enable Liverpool City Council to introduce a reserved bus lane.