The South Glos Post

Police are appealing for witnesses and information after an incident of dangerous driving in Almondsbury.

The incident occurred on Friday 12th March 2010 at around 11.30am when the victim was travelling on the M5 towards the M4 interchange at junction 15. She was in a white Fiat Punto with her son and daughter.

As the driver negotiated her way around the Almondsbury interchange in lane three a white Ford Mondeo caught up with her at speed and then followed her around the same path she was taking. The driver was clearly impatient to pass and made several gestures with his waving arms.

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Source: Avon and Somerset Police

Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a public disorder incident in Almondsbury.

The incident occurred on Friday 15th January 2010 at around 11pm outside the Almondsbury Social Club on the A38.

A group of youths (male and female) were involved in a fight in the car-park at the premises.

A 16-year-old girl was struck to the floor causing injuries.

Anyone who was in the area at the time is asked to contact police in Thornbury on 0845 456 7000 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Source: Avon and Somerset Police

South Gloucestershire Council has won a national award for ensuring that its vehicle fleet provides good value for money and stays on the road serving residents.

The award of Best Performer for Transport Operations and Vehicle Maintenance was announced at the Association of Public Service Excellence (APSE) annual performance conference in Blackpool and received by members of the transport services team.

Cllr Heather Goddard, executive member for community services, said: “Congratulations to the transport services team for winning this prestigious award and national recognition for the excellent work they do.

“The team do a terrific job ensuring that the council’s fleet of vehicles is efficiently run, adheres to the highest environmental standards and provides good value for money.”

Each year transport services submits data to APSE which benchmarks performance to determine how the service is doing compared to hundreds of other councils across the country. After having their performance carefully scrutinised, members of the team attended the evening award ceremony near Blackpool’s famous tower and were presented with a plaque by Strictly Come Dancing’s Flavia Cacace.

Peter Hill, transport services manager, said: “This award is recognition of the hard work, professionalism and dedication of transport services. The team were up against many other local authorities, so to win this award on the national stage is particularly gratifying.”

The transport services team is based in Broad Lane, Yate and at a depot in Almondsbury and consists of 14 team members, including eight mechanics, all dedicated to keeping the council’s fleet of vehicles on the road serving local residents. The team provides a cost-effective vehicle management, maintenance and repair service for council departments and partner organisations.

Source: South Gloucestershire Council

Conservative councillor for Almondsbury, Sheila Cook, has welcomed the completion of a major improvement scheme at the M5 Junction 17 roundabout following a long-running campaign.

Designed to improve traffic flow, the scheme’s completion comes after Cllr Cook met regularly with the Mall and highways engineers to push for action to address commuters’ concerns about the junction during peak periods.

She said:

“I promised residents that I would push for action to improve this junction and so I met with the Mall and traffic engineers regularly to discuss this issue.

I am really pleased this Mall-funded scheme has been completed, along with the much-needed resurfacing of Blackhorse Hill, because this will be of real benefit to local people travelling from the Almondsbury, Easter Compton and Pilning directions.

A combination of the roundabout widening, improvements to the box junction lining, and a review of the existing traffic lights’ timings should allow significantly better flow of local traffic onto the un-signalled part of the junction.”

She added:

“There is still a lot of debate locally about whether the left-hand only lane should be reintroduced from the B4055 onto the M5 northbound and so I am encouraged that traffic engineers will monitor the situation now that improvements have been completed.”

Source: Conservative Group on South Gloucestershire Council