Work on a £2.9m scheme of major improvements at Great Stoke (Rabbit) Roundabout is still on track to be completed by the end of September, three months ahead of schedule. A three-week period of overnight road closures that began on 5th August was drawing to an end as we went to press.
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Brook Way and Orpheus Avenue daytime road closures start Thursday
Motorists in the Stokes will have to contend with yet another series of road closures from Thursday 13th August 2020 when a major resurfacing scheme gets under way on Orpheus Avenue and the southern end of Brook Way. The work is expected to last four weeks.
Continue readingRabbit Roundabout: Three weeks of overnight road closures start Wednesday
With the improvement work at Great Stoke Roundabout (a.k.a. Rabbit Roundabout) now “nearly complete” (three months ahead of schedule), a series of overnight road closures is due to begin on Wednesday 5th August 2020 to allow resurfacing of the carriageway to be carried out.
Continue readingFunds allocated for Brook Way and Orpheus Avenue resurfacing
Local councillors have welcomed the allocation of funds to resurface Orpheus Avenue (Little Stoke) and part of Brook Way (Bradley Stoke). The work will take place over a four-week period starting on Thursday 13th August 2020.
Continue readingTrench Lane to be closed for six weeks at M4 bridge
A popular route over the M4 motorway in north Bradley Stoke is to be closed for six weeks from Monday 27th July 2020 to allow Highways England to carry out bridge refurbishment work. Trench Lane will be closed 24/7 to all motorists, cyclists and pedestrians.
Continue readingRoundabout work set to finish three months early
Work on a scheme of major improvements at Great Stoke Roundabout (a.k.a. Rabbit Roundabout) is running three months ahead of schedule and is now expected to be completed by October, says South Gloucestershire Council.
Continue readingRoundabout work sees 200 tonnes of material removed in first six weeks
South Gloucestershire Council’s £2.9m scheme to improve to increase capacity and improve cyclist and pedestrian facilities at Great Stoke (Rabbit) Roundabout has seen 200 tonnes of material excavated from the verge on the north-west side of the roundabout during the first six weeks of construction activity. This work, combined with the laying of 60 metres of new kerb on the
Continue readingPotholed Bradley Stoke road to be resurfaced
One of the most potholed sections of highway in Bradley Stoke is scheduled to be fully resurfaced at the end of February, according to a notice recently published on the town council website. The stretch of Woodlands Lane between its junction with The Park and the pedestrian crossing near the entrance to Woodlands Park has developed so many deep potholes
Continue readingBus boss critical of roadworks planning
The managing director of the bus company responsible for running the M1 MetroBus service has singled out the recently commenced roadworks at Great Stoke (Rabbit) Roundabout as an example of long-term infrastructure works that have been planned with insufficient consideration being given to maintaining public transport flows. James Freeman (pictured), MD of First West of England, made the reference in
Continue readingRabbit Roundabout roadworks bring delays of up to 40 minutes
The start of the construction phase of South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) £2.9m scheme of improvements at Great Stoke (Rabbit) Roundabout on Thursday 2nd January has brought peak-time gridlock to Bradley Stoke on a scale rarely seen since the notorious MetroBus roadworks of 2015-17. Perhaps due to a staggered return to work after the Christmas and New Year break, the full
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