A survey shows 71 per cent of people in Colchester feel the bus lanes have made traffic flow worse for everyone.

Commuters feel the traffic situation in the town has become "appalling" and that a park and ride system should be introduced.

And two per cent of people questioned in the online poll cheekily suggest the transport department should be replaced with some residents from Colchester Zoo.

The survey is on a website called Colchesterguide.

By Louise Fuller

Reporter's e-mail: louise_fuller@thisisessex.co.uk

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