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Sunday 13th March 2022 SH (Editor)

South Glos council tax to rise by 2.99% for 2022/23

South Gloucestershire Council’s element of the council tax levied on local households is to increase by 2.99 percent from April 2022. The latest rise follows an uplift of 4.99 percent in 2021/22 and 3.99 percent in 2020/21. This year’s increase once again includes a ring-fenced social care levy, this time 1 percent

Photo showing part of the path that will be resurfaced.

Sunday 6th March 2022 SH (Editor)

Three Brooks Lake path set to be closed for 7 weeks

The path around the north side of the lake in Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve is set to be closed for seven weeks from Monday (7th March 2022), for surfacing works. The work forms part of a £250,000 lake desilting and improvement scheme, the main part of which was carried out in November and December last year.

Photo of a roundabout and zebra crossing.

Sunday 20th February 2022 SH (Editor)

Council consults on Bradley Stoke Way bus, cycling and walking improvements

South Gloucestershire Council is encouraging people to have their say on a raft of proposals to improve walking, cycling and travelling by bus along Bradley Stoke Way. The scheme includes new bus lanes, upgraded crossings and segregated foot/cycle ways. If approved, the works could be implemented from “late 2023” and take up to two years to complete.

Aerial photo of an amphibious excavator working in a lake.

Tuesday 23rd November 2021 SH (Editor)

£250,000 lake desilting project gets under way

The long-awaited project to desilt the lake in Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve finally got under way on Monday 1st November when South Gloucestershire Council’s specialist contractor Land & Water Services Ltd moved onto the site. The work is expected to take 6 weeks to complete, i.e. until mid-December.

Saturday 23rd October 2021 SH (Editor)

Lake desilting work set to start in November

South Gloucestershire Council has announced the imminent start of work to desilt the lake in Bradley Stoke’s popular Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve for the first time in 16 years. It is expected that footpath and cycle way closures will be in effect for a period of up to 21 days starting 1st November 2021.

Wednesday 29th September 2021 SH (Editor)

Parking bays & racks introduced for e-scooters

Responding to criticism from local councillors about e-scooters being parked inconsiderately, Voi, the operator of the e-scooter trial scheme in the West of England, has begun implementing so-called ‘parking infrastructure’ in Filton, Patchway, Bradley Stoke and Stoke Gifford.

Photo of flooding at the Three Brooks Lake on Friday 11th October 2019.

Tuesday 27th April 2021 SH (Editor)

Three Brooks lake desilting postponed

South Gloucestershire Council has announced that its £250,000 project to desilt the lake at Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve has been delayed until November 2021. The work was supposed to take place this winter, but has now been rescheduled due to delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Sunday 4th April 2021 SH (Editor)

Raised table proposed for Brook Way zebra crossing

South Gloucestershire Council has opened a public consultation on plans to incorporate a raised table into an existing zebra crossing on Brook Way. Within the last five years, two injury incidents occurred when drivers failed to stop for pedestrians on the zebra crossing.

Sunday 14th March 2021 SH (Editor)

South Glos council tax to rise by 4.99 percent

South Gloucestershire Council’s element of the council tax levied on local households is to increase by 4.99 percent from April 2021. The latest rise follows uplifts of 3.99 percent in 2020/21 and 2.99 percent in 2019/20.

Sunday 13th December 2020 SH (Editor)

Stokes councillor becomes first black Cabinet member

A Bradley Stoke councillor and former soldier has been appointed South Gloucestershire Council’s first black Cabinet member. Cllr Franklin Owusu-Antwi will be a ‘champion for equality of opportunity’ in a newly created portfolio position which also includes public health.