Photomontage of the proposed replacement railway bridge on Gipsy Patch Lane, looking westwards

Public meeting called to discuss planned two-year roadworks on Gipsy Patch Lane

Stoke Gifford Parish Council has called a public meeting to discuss the impact of planned major roadworks on Gipsy Patch Lane which are expected to require the road to be fully or partially closed for around 21 months. The works, which centre around the railway bridge near the Station Road junction, are associated with the Cribbs Patchway MetroBus Extension (CPME)

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Photo of the Gipsy Patch Lane railway bridge (looking westwards).

More information released on impact of Gipsy Patch Lane bridge replacement works

South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) and Network Rail have published further information about the expected impacts of a 21-month project to replace the old railway bridge on Gipsy Patch Lane and construct new bus lanes for the proposed Cribbs Patchway MetroBus Extension (CPME) scheme. The latest documents were released in early June, just a few weeks before the two related planning

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Photo of the Gipsy Patch Lane railway bridge (looking westwards).

Planning committee inspects railway bridge site

A South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) site inspection meeting was held on 4th May in connection with the planning application for the replacement of the old railway bridge on Gipsy Patch Lane in Little Stoke. This application is one of four currently being considered for the proposed Cribbs Patchway MetroBus Extension (CPME) scheme, which will provide a direct express bus link

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Campaigners opposed to the construction of a bus lane along Hatchet Road, Stoke Gifford.

Hatchet Road bus lane plan scrapped amid concerns of overspend on ‘MetroBus 2’

A controversial plan to construct a new southbound bus lane on Hatchet Road in Stoke Gifford, as part of a scheme to extend the currently under-construction North Fringe to Hengrove Package (NFHP) MetroBus network, has been scrapped after South Gloucestershire Council’s Conservative-led administration announced a “change of policy”. The move appears to have been driven by a fear that the

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Indicative artist’s impression of proposals on Hatchet Road (looking north).

New figures produced to justify Hatchet Road bus lane but cost pressures might just kill it off

The future of a controversial plan to construct a new southbound bus lane on Hatchet Road in Stoke Gifford looks set to be finally decided, without further public consultation, at a meeting of South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) Cabinet on Monday 4th December. The move is likely to anger local campaigners who collected more than 3,300 signatures on a petition that

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