South Gloucestershire’s road safety team is urging local people to come forward to help tackle a shortage of crossing patrol staff – better known as ‘lollipop’ people – across the district. More than nine of the vital part-time posts are currently unfilled after staff retired or moved on to other jobs – and so far no new recruits have come
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Young people are being offered the chance to learn what it takes to become competent drivers through a course aimed at the 16-year-olds. Would-be young drivers will learn road safety and have the chance to get behind the wheel on a private road network. During these practical sessions, they will learn basic car handling skills in a safe environment, on
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Councillors in Kingswood are celebrating after a council committee agreed to allocate funding for a zebra crossing outside a sheltered housing scheme. Blackhorse Court on Blackhorse Road provides supported living for around 19 people with disabilities or learning difficulties. Residents had approached their local councillors about two years ago to see if South Gloucestershire Council would build a zebra crossing
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Campaigners are encouraging residents to have their say on proposals to improve road safety around the Cotswold village of Acton Turville. South Gloucestershire Council has launched a consultation on making the B4040 and B4039 safer as drivers approach Acton Turville, including a solar-powered and vehicle-activated ‘Bend Ahead’ sign and a reduction in the speed limit from 60mph to either 50mph
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Local councillors have welcomed new signs to deter confused HGVs from turning round in a residential street in Kingswood. HGV traffic leaving the businesses on either side of Bridge Road in Kingswood regularly turn out onto Bridge Road only to find that they are unable to travel up the narrow Manor Road towards Mangotsfield because of a 7.5 tonne weight
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South Gloucestershire Council is consulting on plans to tackle an accident blackspot in Kingswood. Following a campaign by local councillors on behalf of their residents, the council gave formal approval for road safety measures to be installed at the junction of Orchard Road and Hollow Road. The Council is now consulting on proposals to install two speed tables on Orchard
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Road safety schemes costing as little as a few hundred pounds have been put on hold by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC), according to a group of Labour councillors in Kingswood. Officials working for Conservative-led SGC have had to stop working on small road safety schemes because transport chiefs in charge of the Council have frozen their budget. However, junior officials
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South Gloucestershire Council’s road safety team will be hosting a free educational car seat check clinic with Road Safety GB, the road safety organisation that represents over 200 local authority road safety teams across the UK. Visit the free clinic at Asda, Cribbs Causeway on Tuesday 2nd November between 10am and 3pm to have your child car seat checked and
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Local residents living on a steep Kingswood road are being encouraged to have their say on a road safety scheme to tackle speeding motorists. South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has begun consulting on the provision of a new footway build out, new white lining and a new dropped kerb crossing point at the junction of Champion Road and Pound Road. The
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South Gloucestershire already has some of the safest roads in the country but the latest figures show that last year they became even safer. In 2008 the number of people killed or seriously injured, as well as the number of slightly injured casualties, amongst all road users was the lowest since the council became a Unitary Authority in 1996. The
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