By Jim Aitken, community liaison officer at Alun Griffiths Ltd. Bradley Stoke Way (BSW) All carriageway surfacing is now complete, including road markings and anti-skid. Landscaping is now taking place along BSW to the verge and swale areas, forming the embankments’ profiles so they may receive turfing and planting – this is very weather dependent. It is our intention to
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The budget for maintaining roads, cycleways and footways across South Gloucestershire looks set to be slashed by up to £1m per annum for the next eight years in order to pay for the projected overspend on MetroBus, the Journal can reveal. As previously reported, construction costs for the £102m North Fringe to Hengrove Package MetroBus route (the one which passes
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The announcement about which company (or companies) will be operating services on Bristol’s new MetroBus network has been delayed once again, this time until after the general election on 8th June, the Journal can reveal. Last summer, a West of England Partnership spokesperson said that negotiations with potential operators were expected to conclude by mid-September (2016), but it was later
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By Jim Aitken, community liaison officer at Alun Griffiths Ltd. Bradley Stoke Way (BSW) Continuing the finishing works for this area, areas of anti-skid surface at the junction of Orchard Gate, Woodlands Lane and Patchway Brook Roundabout will be undertaken outside of peak hours (after 7pm) during May, due to the limited space available and potential traffic impact. Now the
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By Jim Aitken, community liaison officer at Alun Griffiths Ltd. Bradley Stoke Way (BSW) Now that the works in this area are substantially complete there remain just some small works. Anti-skid surface is to be added in key areas along BSW on the approaches to lights, crossings and roundabouts. This will be done at off-peak times during April, with some
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By Jim Aitken, community liaison officer at Alun Griffiths Ltd. Bradley Stoke Way On Tuesday 14th February, following just over four weeks of night time surfacing between the Aztec West and Patchway Brook roundabouts, and working jointly with South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) signalisation team, the traffic lights at the Woodlands Lane and Orchard Gate junctions were commissioned and switched on.
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MetroBus contractors Alun Griffiths have announced that they will commence construction of the final stretch of new bus lane on Bradley Stoke Way next week (w/c Monday 27th February). The work area is located at the southern end of Bradley Stoke Way between Great Meadow Roundabout (junction with Baileys Court Road) and Great Stoke (Rabbit) Roundabout. Vegetation clearance at the site began several
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MetroBus contractors Alun Griffiths have confirmed plans to complete the resurfacing of Bradley Stoke Way over the first two nights of this week, which will involve the use of five-way traffic lights around Patchway Brook Roundabout (near Aldi). It is anticipated that traffic control will be active from 8pm each night. A Griffiths spokesperson said: “Having now concluded the night-time surfacing along
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MetroBus contractor Alun Griffiths and South Gloucestershire Council say they are on schedule to have the junction of Woodlands Lane with Bradley Stoke Way fully reopened by the end of February, subject to weather conditions allowing resurfacing operations to be completed as planned. The Woodlands Lane junction was closed to all traffic on 2nd September 2015, for an estimated 18
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MetroBus contractors Alun Griffiths have confirmed that overnight closures of Bradley Stoke Way for final resurfacing will continue from Monday to Friday this week (6th to 10th February), between the hours of 8pm and 5am. The closures this week will be eastbound-only, covering either the full section between the Aztec West Roundabout and Patchway Brook Roundabout (near Aldi) or the shorter
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