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Boots Corner will be reopened to traffic after the Tory-run Gloucestershire County Council overruled the Lib-Dem run Cheltenham Borough Council today.

The county council's cabinet voted to reopen the route through Boots Corner after it has been closed to traffic since June 2018.

The decision was unanimously approved this morning.

After 18 months of protests, fines and debate throughout the town, the issue known as Cheltenham's Brexit has finally come to an end.

In June 2018 the majority of traffic was stopped going through the town centre. Only buses and taxis are allowed through.

Now 18 months later the decision has been made to reverse the trial and bring traffic back to the town centre.

On Monday the county council's traffic regulation committee voted to recommend that the trial was ended and the move to close Boots Corner reversed.

Yesterday Steve Jordan, CBC's leader, said in a letter to GCC leader Mark Hawthorne that this recommendation "ignored the wide ranging evidence and focused upon the anecdotal" and added that bus journeys and cycling in Cheltenham have been on the increase since the Boots Corner trial began.

But today the county council ignored this plea.

Cllr Lyndon Stowe said: “The impact of local businesses and people is obvious, and people just want to get on with there everyday lives.”

When will it reopen?

Cllr Nigel Moor said: “If it is re-opened then it will be done as soon after Dec 28 as possible, which is when the trial will end. The resources needed to re-open the road are there to be delivered within budget.”

Cheltenham Borough Council leader Steve Jordan says he's “devastated” and “let down” by county council.

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