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£120,000 upgrade to Lancaster and Morecambe bus shelters gets under way

A new style bus shelter on Low Lane in Morecambe (left) and an example of the older style bus shelter (right)

Bus shelters across Lancaster and Morecambe are being replaced after inspections found 'some corrosion' in the brackets supporting the roofs.

The work to replace the 14 shelters roads began earlier this month and is expected to be completed in June.

The total cost of the replacements by Lancashire County Council is around £120,000 from a budget set aside to upgrade infrastructure on local bus routes.

The shelters being replaced in the Lancaster district are on Stanley Road, Bare Lane, Low Lane, Lancaster Road, Scale Hall Lane, Barton Road, Claughton Drive and Heysham Road.

Here is an example of the new style of bus shelter on Low Lane in Torrisholme.

A spokesman for Lancashire County Council said: "We're currently replacing 14 bus shelters around the county which are of a particular style, with a cantilevered roof to protect passengers from the worst of the weather, but no side panels.

"These shelters have been in place for 20 years and recent inspections found some corrosion to the brackets which support the roof, which is why we're replacing them before this becomes a bigger problem.

"All of the new shelters will have side panels to help make people's journeys more comfortable."

The bus shelters being replaced are at:

  1. Sandylands, Cavendish Road/Stanley Road
  2. Bare, Mayfield Drive/Bare Lane
  3. Torrisholme, Hexham Road/Low Lane
  4. Torrisholme, Fell Road/Low Lane
  5. Torrisholme, Fell Road/Low Lane
  6. Torrisholme, Michaelson Avenue/Lancaster Road
  7. Torrisholme, Michaelson Avenue/Lancaster Road
  8. Scale Hall, Scale Hall Lane 
  9. Scale Hall, Scale Hall Lane
  10. Scale Hall, Spar
  11. Scotforth, Wakefield Drive/Barton Road
  12. Hala, Whinfell Drive/Claughton Drive
  13. Sandylands, Cross Cop/Heysham Road
  14. Torrisholme, Hexham Road/Low Lane

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