Two new road surfaces, one of which is only a little over a year old, have started to break-up due to the bad weather. Gages Road in Kingswood was resurfaced by South Gloucestershire Council in two phases during 2009. A stretch from its junction with Courtney Road to Westons Way was resurfaced in March 2009 and the remainder to its
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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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A major road in Kingswood is set to be resurfaced starting next week, it has been announced. Court Road, which links Hanham Road with Mount Hill Road, is to be resurfaced by South Gloucestershire Council from 10th to 19th January. Local councillors for the area had been campaigning for several years for the road to be resurfaced and have welcomed
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Roadworks in place during the construction of a scheme to tackle traffic congestion and improve safety at the Kingsfield roundabout on the A4174 ring road at Longwell Green (near Asda) have been cleared to keep the traffic moving during the lead up to Christmas. Works to provide extra lanes and new traffic lights on the roundabout have been on-going for
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From the office of Jack Lopresti MP Jack Lopresti MP has asked the Secretary of State for Transport to remove the barriers to transport decisions being made locally. Jack asked the Secretary of State whether “whether he will review the previous administration’s Circular on Planning the Strategic Road Network so that infrastructure changes that are desperately needed can be decided
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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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An important new part of South Gloucestershire’s transport infrastructure opens today (Monday 6th December). The new road, named ‘Hayes Way’, runs from the A38 near the Royal Mail depot in Patchway to the Mall at Cribbs Causeway. Cribbs Causeway is often congested during the Christmas period and it is expected this additional link to the shopping centre will help the
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Campaigners have suffered a setback in achieving their goal of a new M49 junction in Severnside. The Highways Agency (HA) has lodged its objection to the new motorway junction – a commitment set out in South Gloucestershire Council’s draft Core Strategy as a way of managing future development in the Severnside area. In its response to the council’s recent Core
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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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