Maid Marian Way – City Disruption

Nottingham City Transport apologises to its customers for the delays they have been experiencing due the roadworks at Maid Marian Way.

Since the change to the road traffic layout that has taken place this week, traffic flow in the city has much worsened, and bus punctuality has been significantly affected. Having introduced additional buses into our network prior to the works starting in order to temper any delays, there is no way to mitigate the effects of the change to the junction across our entire network.  Buses are taking the same amount of time to travel along Parliament Street at peak hours as they would ordinarily take to travel to the outskirts of the City.

Nottingham’s buses carry 57 million passengers a year (23/24) into the City, and since the start of the Greater Nottingham Bus Partnership some 15 years ago, public transport patronage has increased by 9% through efforts of operators and local authorities working together. The changes made to the junction layout this week have disproportionately affected bus users. This is very disappointing as Nottingham boasts some of the highest bus use in the country.

As part of the Greater Nottingham Bus Partnership, we’ve raised our strong concerns with the Highway representatives on this body, alongside other bus operators in the City.

The ongoing works both remove established bus priority measures alongside space for general traffic at what is traditionally the busiest time of the year. The permanent scheme leads to the loss of some established bus lanes, and whilst we support efforts to enhance the City centre environment, we’re urgently discussing what can be done to keep the City moving at the same time.

Our drivers and control room staff are doing their best to keep services moving, and to get you where you need to go. We’re sorry for any delay – it’s beyond our control. Please treat our colleagues with respect when they do get to you, as we’re doing what we can.

If you’ve comments to make on the Maid Marian Way scheme, we’d invite you to pass those directly to the City Council through the Transport Nottingham website: https://www.transportnottingham.com/contact-us/