Plans to build a foot and cycle bridge across the Floating Harbour - first mooted two years ago - are still in the pipeline.

The West of England Partnership, responsible for transport in the region, has revealed that plans to link Bull Wharf, off Redcliff Street, and Welsh Back, at the junction of King Street, are still being pursued.

The idea of creating the bridge first emerged as part of the planning application to build a new £25 million Bristol Civil Courts Centre in Redcliff Street two years ago. The court will replace the ageing civil court opposite the Crown Court in King Street. (Edit note: I think they mean Small Street - Chris  )

According to the planning application, the bridge would connect Welsh Back to Redcliff Street leading onto a new public piazza outside the courts complex in Thomas Lane.

The West of England Partnership says there is not enough money available for it to be built. But the plans for the bridge are still on the table and the link has been marked on a map of a proposed new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route for Bristol city centre.

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