MetroBus contractors Alun Griffiths have announced that a section of Bradley Stoke Way is to be closed overnight for three nights later this week. The closures are the first of a series that are expected to take place over the next four weeks and are required to facilitate the final resurfacing of the road following the installation of new bus
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A public meeting is to take take place in Bradley Stoke this Thursday (12th January) to provide residents with further information about upcoming MetroBus construction activities in the town. A media note issued ahead of the meeting states: “The MetroBus works on [the northern and central sections of] Bradley Stoke Way are nearing completion. Between now and the end of February,
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MetroBus construction work will still be going on within Bradley Stoke as late as July 2017, despite roadside signs still saying the work is due to be completed in the spring, the Journal can reveal. At the start of the project in September 2015, contractors Alun Griffiths said they planned to finish all MetroBus work in the town by Christmas
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By Jim Aitken, community liaison officer at Alun Griffiths Ltd. North section of BSW Work continues to progress on the verge approaching the Aztec West Roundabout to construct the new dedicated bus lane from Bradley Stoke Way (BSW) onto the A38. The commencement of this work has been delayed due to uncharted utilities. The main utilities are now diverted and
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Construction of the £102 million North Fringe to Hengrove Package (NFHP) MetroBus scheme that is currently being constructed through Bradley Stoke is forecast to be more than £11m over budget when it is completed next year, a new report by the West of England Partnership (WoEP) has revealed. The news comes just weeks after South Gloucestershire Council (SGC), which is
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Local MP Jack Lopresti has arranged an urgent meeting with the Secretary of State for Transport to discuss traffic congestion caused by the MetroBus roadworks in Bradley Stoke, which he says “have gone on for too long”. The move comes just days after Mr Lopresti’s efforts to put pressure on South Gloucestershire Council to alleviate the problems were heavily criticised in scores
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MetroBus contractors Alun Griffiths Ltd have informed the Journal that a new full-time lane closure on Bradley Stoke Way will commence following the morning peak traffic period on Monday 14th November. The closure of the nearside lane on the westbound approach to the Aztec West Roundabout is necessary to allow the construction of a new bus lane that will allow buses to by-pass
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By Jim Aitken, community liaison officer at Alun Griffiths Ltd. On Friday 14th October, Wales & West Utilities completed their gas main diversion work on the verge of the nearside lanes approaching Aztec West on Bradley Stoke Way (BSW) and vacated the site on 20th October. Griffiths will now begin work in preparation for widening. Some work will be undertaken
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MetroBus contractors Alun Griffiths have announced their intention to begin weekend working on a critical section of Bradley Stoke Way. In a letter sent to residents living in the immediate vicinity of the work area, a Griffiths spokesperson writes: “Having received the relevant permission from the local authority to work weekends and as a consequence of reduced natural daylight following
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MetroBus contractors Alun Griffiths Ltd have announced a two-week reprieve on the start date for a new peak-time lane closure on Bradley Stoke Way. The nearside lane on the westbound approach to the Aztec West Roundabout was expected to be closed full-time for ten weeks from Monday (17th October), but Griffiths now say that, for the first two weeks of
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