A proposed rapid transit scheme that could see a high-speed bus service linking Bradley Stoke with Bristol city centre and Cribbs Causeway has made it through to the final stage of a competitive process to secure Government funding. The North Fringe to Hengrove Package (NFtHP), a bus rapid transit scheme linking north and south Bristol, which had previously been assigned
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The Highways Agency has announced that the M5 motorway will be closed tonight (Saturday 5th February 2011) in both directions between junctions 17 (Cribbs Causeway) and 18 (Avonmouth). The closure is necessary to allow contractors to reinstate the Lawrence Weston pedestrian and cyclist bridge, which was demolished on Christmas Day 2009. The closure of the notorway is scheduled to last
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Local Councillors visited Bradley Stoke Community School (BSCS) last week to promote Youth Unltd, South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) concessionary fares scheme for young people aged 14 to 18. The Youth Unltd card was introduced by the Council in April 2010 and offers half adult fare for local bus services after 6pm weekdays and all day on weekends and school holidays.
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Roadworks to to install a new northbound bus lane on the A38 Gloucester Road in the vicinity of the Aztec West Roundabout are likely to continue until the end of January, according to South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). The works, which have involved frequent lane closes on the busy route, began in early April 2010. The completion date was originally given
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Local cycling website Better by Bike is offering it readers a chance to win a year’s free swimming at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre in a competition to celebrate the opening of two new cycle routes. The two new Cycling City routes run from the Leisure Centre to Parkway Station (Route 3) and Cribbs Causeway (Route 4). To be in with
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What’s going on with the traffic in Bradley Stoke? The last few days have been ridiculous!
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Plans to install an “enhanced crossing point” on Brook Way, between the junction of Courtlands and Wheatfield Drive [street view], have received minor modifications following a public consultation. The proposed works include widening and extending the central pedestrian refuge island and installing a 75mm high, 6m long, raised table across both carriageways. South Gloucestershire Council says there were six responses
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Roadworks on the A38 Gloucester Road (south of the Aztec West Roundabout) that were due be completed by the end of October could disrupt traffic for a further month, according to South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). The work to install a new northbound bus lane on the approach to the roundabout began in April and was scheduled to be completed by
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South Gloucestershire Council has opened a public consultation on the statutory notice required to allow off-street parking at a new park and ride facility near Bristol Parkway station. The car park will comprise 200 spaces and be available between 5:30am and midnight. The maximum stay duration will be 18.5 hours. There will be a fixed fee for use of the
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South Gloucestershire Council has opened a public consultation on plans for an “enhanced crossing point” on Brook Way, between the junction of Courtlands and Wheatfield Drive [street view]. The existing crossing point is to be improved by widening and extending the central pedestrian refuge island and installing a 75mm high, 6m long, raised table. A pair of ‘Children going to
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