Repairing Marine Drive 'a difficult business case' says Baker

Consultation out to close route for active travel only

The infrastructure minister says repairing Marine Drive to reopen it as a through-road would be 'a hard business case to make'.

It comes as a consultation asks for feedback on plans to close the road off to motor vehicles - giving sole access to cyclists and pedestrians.

The consultation will run until 6 April - you can find more information and a link to the document here.

With parts of the road already shut off due to subsidence, Tim Baker says alternative avenues are highly unlikely: