Local bus operator First Group Bristol has announced that it is to start offering refunds to customers affected by late-running buses. The company is to introduce a new ‘customer promise’ from Sunday 1st April that will allow bus users to claim against First if one of its buses: “… leaves a defined timing point more than one minute early, more
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Sliproads that connect the M4 to the M5 within the Almondsbury Interchange are to be closed overnight on seven nights in March. Tonight (Friday 2nd) will see the connections from the M4 eastbound to the M5 northbound/southbound closed from 10pm until 6am tomorrow. On three further nights in March – 3rd/4th, 1oth/11th and 17th/18th (all Saturday night through Sunday morning)
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The raised zebra crossing is now finished, and what an utter waste of money. I stood and watched for a few minutes on Friday 17th February and not one driver even slightly slowed down. I’m sure we all knew it wouldn’t work (except the Council). The real answer is a light controlled crossing, however, it is only normally used by
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South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has moved to clear up confusion over the status of a number of consultations relating to proposed road safety improvement measures on Bradley Stoke Way. The Council had drawn criticism over the delay in publishing the results of its original consultation, held from 20th December 2011 to 8th January 2012, and the fact that it had
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South Gloucestershire Council is running a second consultation on its proposed road safety improvements for Bradley Stoke Way, in the vicinity of the Willow Brook Centre. The latest consultation, which runs until Wednesday 8th February, invites comments on the new toucan crossing that is proposed to replace two uncontrolled crossing points that were the sites of two serious road traffic
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The M4 will be closed westbound between junctions 19 and 22 from 10pm tonight (Thursday 12th January), re-opening at 6am on Friday morning. The overnight westbound closure will be repeated between the same times on Friday (13th January). The Highways Agency says the published closure times represent a worst case scenario and the period of closure could be shorter, dependent
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Proposals for a number of road safety improvement schemes around Bradley Stoke achieved limited success when they were discussed at a recent meeting of South Gloucestershire Council’s Southern Brooks Area Forum. Seven Bradley Stoke schemes were competing for a share of the £50k pot available, along with other proposals from Filton, Patchway, Stoke Gifford and Winterbourne. In the end, just
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Residents of Bradley Stoke who live close to the M4 motorway could be affected by overnight roadworks that are due to start on Monday (9th January). The Highways Agency says it has sent out letters to properties within 500m of the areas where the night-time work is to take place. The roadworks are the first step in the implementation of
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South Gloucestershire Council is inviting residents to have their say on a number of proposed casualty reduction measures on Bradley Stoke Way, in the vicinity of the Willow Brook Centre. The consultation comes after two school-age children were seriously injured in separate traffic accidents along this stretch of road earlier this year. A public petition for improved safety measures on
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A major transport scheme that includes the building of a Stoke Gifford by-pass and the introduction of a fast and reliable bus service between Bradley Stoke and Bristol city centre has taken a big step forward with the award of £51 million of Government funding. Work on the £102 million North Fringe to Hengrove Package, which will also be funded
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