A string of city centre roads are set to reopen to vehicle traffic as emergency coronavirus legislation comes to an end. Up to 25 streets within the inner ring road were closed to cars under temporary laws brought in by the government last May to allow people more room to socially distance.
That legislation expires later this month and so the majority will have to reopen. READ MORE: They lured him to the canal and stabbed him to death - then later they returned Manchester council intends to launch a public consultation on whether to make the closures permanent by the end of the year, it is understood.
Some roads are already subject to new plans for permanent pedestrianisation, including Thomas Street, Edge Street and Stevenson Square in