Are you sure it’s not just a parking charge notice (PCN) that may have been issued in error? Motorists who have recently received ‘fines’ in the post for what they have assumed is an ‘offence’ of using Bristol Parkway Station as a through road or ‘cut through’ are urged to double-check their notification letter to see if they have instead
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New parking restrictions at Stoke Gifford Co-op
Residents of Stoke Gifford may have noticed some new signs being placed around the car park of the local Co-operative store over the last few days. The store, located on North Road, has implemented new parking restrictions which were put into place as of Monday 14th January. A spokesperson for Southern Co-op said: “From 14th January, the car park
Continue readingTransport minister opens new multi-storey car park at Parkway Station
Transport Minister Baroness Kramer visited Stoke Gifford today to officially open a £13 million new station car park that will increase capacity and convenience for thousands of passengers. The multi-storey car park at Bristol Parkway will provide an extra 710 parking spaces, in addition to the existing 1,100, to cater for increasing numbers of passengers using the station. Before the
Continue readingParkway temporary car park built without planning permission, claims resident
A temporary car park constructed on vacant land near Parkway Station has been built without planning permission, according to a local resident who has registered an objection with South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). First Great Western, operators of the railway station, announced the opening of a temporary car park at a site off Hunts Ground Road (opposite the Parkway North ‘park
Continue readingRail Minister visits Bristol Parkway multi-storey car park works
Rail Minister Stephen Hammond today visited Bristol Parkway Station to see first-hand the £13 million car park improvement works. One of the largest Station Commercial Projects Facility Fund projects that a train operator is managing, the work will see an additional 710 parking spaces created at this thriving station. Presently the car park can accommodate 1,100 vehicles and is regularly
Continue readingBristol Parkway multi-storey car park work to finally get under way
First Great Western (FGW) has announced that construction of a new three-storey car park at Parkway Station will commence on Saturday 13th July and continue until March 2014. The project, which will provide an additional 710 parking bays at the station, was originally due to be completed by March 2013. Work was scheduled to start last September, but, despite builders’
Continue readingParking under pressure as construction work starts at Bristol Parkway
Car parking at Bristol Parkway railway station and in surrounding residential streets is likely to come under severe pressure from today as construction of a new multi-storey car park gets underway. With 400 spaces being taken out of service during the ‘fast track’ six month project, some travellers are likely to find it impossible to park, particularly on Tuesdays, Wednesdays
Continue readingAdditional multi-storey car park planned for Bristol Parkway
Bristol Parkway railway station could get a new multi-storey car park providing an additional 710 bays after officials at South Gloucestershire Council cleared the way for a formal planning application to be made by Network Rail. Funding for the project has already been approved by the Government, in the second tranche of its £100M Station Commercial Projects Improvement Fund announced
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