Great Stoke Roundabout Improvements

Photo of Great Stoke Roundabout (a.k.a Rabbit Roundabout). — Great Stoke Roundabout, on the border between Bradley Stoke and Stoke Gifford.

During 2020, South Gloucestershire Council will be making major improvements to Great Stoke Roundabout (a.k.a. Rabbit Roundabout) to help reduce congestion and improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians.

The scheme will also increase capacity at this busy junction, accommodating future traffic and supporting planned housing and employment growth in South Gloucestershire.

Latest updates

Update from South Gloucestershire Council (1st December 2020)

The new layout at the Great Stoke (rabbit) roundabout is now fully operational.

The changes have increased capacity at the busy junction and improved safety for cyclists and pedestrians.

The £2.9 million scheme in Stoke Gifford has been funded by the West of England Combined Authority.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the local community for their patience whilst work to improve the Great Stoke roundabout has been carried out.

There remains a few outstanding minor works to complete on the roundabout. These works are weather dependent and will be carried out as soon as possible over the coming months.

Scheme description

Annotated plan of proposed improvements at Great Stoke Roundabout. — Great Stoke Roundabout proposed improvements.

Image: Consultation plan [View hi-res version: PDF, JPG]

The scheme involves the following works:

Localised widening and modifications to road markings on the circulatory and on all approaches to increase from two to three lanes
The introduction of Toucan crossings on each of the four arms which are prioritised for pedestrian and cyclists, as this will be an attractive alternative to cyclists using the roundabout
The introduction of high quality carriageway entry and exit points for cyclists which are clearly signed, coloured and marked
Widening of shared use foot and cycle paths where possible, to a suitable width with a high quality surface finish

Construction phasing

Great Stoke Roundabout improvements: Construction phase schematic.

Above: Construction phase schematic [Click to enlarge]

Consultation

SGC consultation page (open 6th Feb 2019 to 29th Mar 2019)
SGC consultation feedback report (published 30th Sep 2019)

Project timetable

The main construction phase will begin in January 2020 and is scheduled to take one year to complete.

Progress reports

Updates on the SGC Streetcare Facebook page (in most cases as shared on the BSJ Facebook page):

Public drop-in information sessions

January 2020

To help keep you informed and to explain more about highway improvement works taking place in the area this year, South Gloucestershire Council is holding a series of public drop-in events:

Wednesday 22nd January, 4pm to 7pm, at Little Stoke Primary School, Little Stoke Lane, Little Stoke BS34 6HY
Saturday 25th January, 11.30am to 2.30pm, at Little Stoke Community Hall, Little Stoke Lane, Little Stoke BS34 6HR
Monday 27th January, 4pm to 7pm, at the St Michael’s Centre, North Road, Stoke Gifford BS34 8PD
Thursday 30th January, 4pm to 7pm, at Baileys Court Activity Centre, Baileys Court Road, Bradley Stoke BS32 8BH

December 2019

Tuesday 17th December 2019, from 4pm to 6.30pm at Baileys Court Activity Centre, Bradley Stoke BS32 8BH.

Drop-in session where you can speak to members of the project team who will answer your questions and provide advice on diversion routes and alternative forms of travel.

Letters

Letter to residents, November 2019 [PDF, 2.8MB on Dropbox]

Related discussions on Facebook

Photo of traffic queues on Bradley Stoke Way, north of Webbs Wood Roundabout. — Traffic queues on Bradley Stoke Way caused by roadworks at Great Stoke Roundabout.

Photo: Traffic queues on Bradley Stoke Way, north of Webbs Wood Roundabout, on 16th January 2020 – resulting from the roadworks at Great Stoke Roundabout.

Selected tweets

@metrobusBristol this morning it took 45 mins to travel between the yellow crosses in pic. I’ve no idea why we suddenly are facing such bad traffic through Bradley Stoke but this is not ok. Do you have any plans to improve our commute along this once easy to travel route?? pic.twitter.com/aUqjkbipnV

— Nina Mosley (@ninaribenagb) January 13, 2020

@FirstBSA @metrobusBristol What’s causing the delays on the M1 into town this morning from North Bristol? No sign of any buses and a huge queue at Great Stoke inbound stop??

— Marcus Watts🏉🐾 (@watts_mf) January 13, 2020