CITY bosses have been urged to release data and feedback over controversial transport measures in Southampton.

Cllr Dan Fitzhenry, leader of the opposition at Southampton City Council, is calling on the authority to publish information over the temporary cycle and bus lanes that have been implemented across the city.

The news comes as some of the measures have proved controversial.

The city council said that data is publically available on the council’s website while the feedback received from residents cannot be published as consultations are still ongoing.

Earlier this week Cllr Fitzhenry called for the pop-up bus lane on Bitterne Road West to be removed.

It comes as the temporary cycle lane on Bassett Avenue will be removed next week following “a steady increase in traffic”.

Directing his message to the council, Cllr Fitzhenry said: “Publish the data and publish the details of these schemes to justify what you are doing and the hundreds of thousands that you are spending on the proposals that you have made.”

He added: “They are making decisions that they say are good for the city. If they have data that people support them then publish the data. Residents have the right to know how these schemes are performing as it is hundreds of thousands of public money.”

The authority said feedback received during a consultation will only be published at the end of the consultation period and not before.

“This is in line with legal requirements”, the council said.

Council leader Christopher Hammond added: “We’ve been clear and transparent about how we’re monitoring all of the schemes in our Green Transport Recovery plan. We review the data and evidence before making any adjustments, rather than being guided by baseless speculation and knee-jerk reactions. We use a range of different and in-depth data sources to look at how these schemes are performing. These include traffic flows, journey times, bus frequency, traffic speeds and cycling numbers. This data is regularly published online and communicated out.”

The council said the latest traffic data for the Bitterne Road West scheme as well as other citywide data updates relating to the Green Transport Recovery Plan (GTRP) can be found under the GTRP FAQ pages on the council’s transport website.