The contraflow bus lane on Central Drive between Albert Road and Reads Avenue opened on Sunday 2 March. Blackpool Transport services 5, 7, 14 and 17 have been re-routed via the new Bus Lane as has Oakwood Travel's 22 and Stagecoach 68. Meanwhile Blackpool Transport 10 has been re-routed via Adelaide St, Bank Hey St, Albert Road, Coronation Street, Reads Avenue, Central Drive and Rigby Road to provide a token hourly service via the otherwise abandoned Coronation Street.
Following on from the remodelling of the road layout and reintroduction of two-way operation on Talbot Road and Dickson Road last year this ends another decades old one way operation, this one implemented way back in 1966 when services 4 (Mereside via Bloomfield Road and Penrose Ave), 6 (Mereside via Spen Corner and Cherry Tree Road), 6A/6B (Midgeland Road), 11/11A (Lytham), 11C (St. Annes Square), 13 (Lindale Gardens), 22 (Halfway House), 23 (Midgeland Road) and 23A (South Pier) were diverted away from Central Drive.
Following on from the remodelling of the road layout and reintroduction of two-way operation on Talbot Road and Dickson Road last year this ends another decades old one way operation, this one implemented way back in 1966 when services 4 (Mereside via Bloomfield Road and Penrose Ave), 6 (Mereside via Spen Corner and Cherry Tree Road), 6A/6B (Midgeland Road), 11/11A (Lytham), 11C (St. Annes Square), 13 (Lindale Gardens), 22 (Halfway House), 23 (Midgeland Road) and 23A (South Pier) were diverted away from Central Drive.