Rice Lane will be reduced to one lane (both directions) from Monday 20 July 2026 for approximately 40 days, between 1000 and 1800 each day.
Bus diversions are as follows:
Services 68 and 68B
• From Bootle Bus Station will be as normal route to Aintree Road, then via Southport Road, Breeze Hill, North Breeze Hill, County Road, then as normal route to Aigburth Vale/Wavertree. (Omits a section of Aintree Road, Hornby Road and Rice Lane).
Alternative bus stop: Aintree Road, near Fernhill Road and County Road, opposite Bedford Road, stop K.
• From Aigburth will be unaffected.
Services 310 and 345
• From Liverpool City Centre will be as normal routes to County Road, then via North Breeze Hill, Breeze Hill, Southport Road, Aintree Road, Hornby Road, Rice Lane, then as normal routes to Skelmersdale/Waddicar. (Omits a section of Rice Lane).
Alternative bus stop: County Road, near Breeze Hill, stop B and Rice Lane Interchange, Rice Lane, near Hornby Road, stop E.
• From Skelmersdale/Waddicar will be as normal routes to Rice Lane, then via Hornby Road, Southport Road, Breeze Hill, North Breeze Hill, County Road, then as normal route to Liverpool City Centre. (Omits a section of Rice Lane).
Alternative bus stop: Rice Lane Interchange, Rice Lane, opposite Hornby Road, stop F and County Road, near Church Lane, stop J.
Ref: RW3468