Can we hope for any improvement in the 8:30 to 9:00 traffic nightmare on Wheatfield Drive? As ever, this is caused by the school drop, not the new, much-disputed building development. The traffic calming squeezes serve only to make the situation more dangerous. On school days, a steady stream of traffic enters the street, creating virtual gridlock. Those dropping off
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Exhibition to explain M4/M5 managed motorway scheme
A public exhibition in Bradley Stoke later this week will provide more information about a major motorway upgrade scheme that is about to commence on the M4 and M5 near the Almondsbury Interchange. The £88.6m managed motorway scheme – the first of its kind in the South West – will involve the use of variable mandatory speed limits and use
Continue readingMore consultation on Pear Tree Road raised zebra crossing
South Gloucestershire Council has started a second round of public consultation on its proposal to install a raised table road hump at a zebra crossing in Pear Tree Road, Bradley Stoke. The exercise, which runs until Wednesday 23rd November, relates to the statutory notice that the Council is required to publish before constructing the road hump. According to the notice,
Continue readingCouncil reveals road safety improvement plans
South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has announced that a range of new measures are to be introduced to improve road safety on Bradley Stoke Way, in the vicinity of the Willow Brook Centre. The news follows two serious accidents on this stretch of road this year alone, both of which involved children who were using informal crossing points between Savages Wood
Continue readingCouncil to draft proposal for second toucan crossing
South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has agreed to draft a proposal for a second toucan crossing on Bradley Stoke Way near the spot where a 13-year-old boy was seriously injured in a traffic accident three weeks ago. The news is revealed in the latest newsletter of Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS), where the injured boy is a student in Year 9.
Continue readingRoad safety improvements petition to be officially launched
A formal petition calling on South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) to implement a series of road safety improvement measures on Bradley Stoke Way is to be officially launched tomorrow (Saturday 15th). The move comes after an accident on Friday 30th September at a recognised crossing point on the busy road, in which a 13-year-old boy, believed to have been riding a
Continue readingTown Council’s shabby bus shelters to be replaced
Bus shelters in Bradley Stoke deemed too shabby for a prestige bus route enhanced by millions of pounds of government money are to be replaced as part of a £140,000 package of additional spending. Local Councillors expressed concern in 2009 when South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) began ripping out many of the Town Council-owned green bus shelters and replacing them with
Continue readingLengthy trenches needed to bring power to bus stops
Hundreds of metres of cable trenches are currently being dug around Bradley Stoke, to provide power to real-time information displays at bus stops on the ‘showcase’ 73 route. The work began in April last year, when the stop opposite Bradley Stoke Surgery was first to be connected to the grid. Money from central government is being used to provide the
Continue readingCouncil consults on roundabout casualty reduction measures
South Gloucestershire Council has opened a public consultation on proposed casualty reduction measures for the Patchway Brook Roundabout on Bradley Stoke Way (adjacent to the Aldi store). The purpose of the scheme is to reduce the number of personal injury accidents involving cyclists and motorcyclists at the roundabout, which joins Bradley Stoke Way, Pear Tree Road, Brook Way and Bowsland
Continue readingConsultation opens on Pear Tree Road crossing scheme
Residents in Bradley Stoke are being asked to comment on a proposed raised zebra crossing to make walking to school safer for local children. The 2011 Travel Plan for Holy Trinity Primary School has identified an increase in the number of drivers failing to stop at the zebra crossing outside the school on Pear Tree Road [Street View]. Speed surveys
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