The architect of a youth bus pass scheme is encouraging local youngsters to take advantage of the scheme before the school holidays end. Cllr Sheila Cook, Conservative Cabinet Member for Children and Young People on South Gloucestershire Council, is appealing to local youngsters to take advantage of cheaper bus fares that are available to them, thanks to the council. The
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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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Residents are being encouraged to use Filton Community Centre now that it has had a major re-wiring, thanks to one of its local Conservative councillors. There had been concerns about the electrics – which date back to the late 1960s – and how they would often get overloaded by more powerful modern equipment, including that used by DJs. The major
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A new group is to be created to tackle the growing problem of traffic in the Severnside area. Campaigners are to approach major local employers about joining the group in an effort to bring together business, the council and members of the wider community. Efforts to set up the group are being led by the Council’s Deputy Leader Cllr Sheila
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South Gloucestershire Council’s Conservative administration has given the green light to transport schemes designed to improve road safety and beat traffic congestion across the district. As part of this financial year’s Local Transport Capital Programme, building work will start on the district’s first park and ride facility – a £1.2m scheme at Parkway station. Already-announced changes to the controversial 2+
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Conservative councillors on South Gloucestershire Council have welcomed the pledge by the new Coalition government to ‘rapidly’ scrap the previous Labour Government’s controversial Regional Spatial Strategies. The pledge was contained in the Coalition’s ‘Our Programme for Government’ document published on Thursday 20th May. The South West Regional Spatial Strategy (SWRSS) had proposed huge new urban extensions in order to accommodate
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Councillors are celebrating after planning approval was granted for a major remodelling of Pucklechurch CE VC primary school. The approved £1.72m remodelling and extension scheme will see permanent accommodation provided at the village school with construction work planned to start later in the summer. Planning approval had been sought for the erection of three single storey extensions to form additional
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A kerbside plastic bottle and food waste collection service is to be rolled out to every South Gloucestershire household in the biggest expansion of recycling services in 10 years. South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) Conservative administration has unveiled an ‘in principle’ agreement with its waste contractor SITA to overhaul the 25 year contract that had been agreed in 2000 by the
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Stoke Gifford campaigners have launched a campaign against the introduction of parking charges at Patchway station. The station’s owners – First Great Western – have notified South Gloucestershire Council that they plan to remove the free parking currently available and introduce £3 a day charging in September. The decision comes months after First Great Western dramatically increased parking charges at
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Prospective Conservative MP for Kingswood, Chris Skidmore, with local councillors John Calway and Christine Price have launched a petition to stop inappropriate development on Green Belt Land in Longwell Green. Developers are looking to build hundreds of houses on Green Belt land behind Pearsall Road and Williams Close. This is thanks to the Government’s Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) which looks
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