The anticipated reopening date of the Station Road junction on Gipsy Patch Lane has been put back for the fourth time in as many months, this time by up to six weeks. Although the work to extend the retaining wall is complete, there remains some outstanding work concerning utilities in the area, in particular a power cable that needs to be extended by National Grid.
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Reopening of Station Road junction delayed AGAIN – until 24th February
A further overrun on remedial work taking place on the railway embankment adjacent to the new bridge on Gipsy Patch Lane means that the Station Road junction is now not expected to reopen until later this month. The additional delay is being blamed on the need to carefully phase the works to ensure temporary ground stability, along with issues relating to buried utilities.
Continue readingStation Road closure extended as railway bridge embankment work overruns
The junction of Station Road with Gipsy Patch Lane is to remain closed to motor vehicles into the new year due to overrunning remedial work on the adjacent railway embankment. South Glos Council originally said it expected the work to be completed by 21st December, but signs at the site are now stating that the road closure will last until 19th January.
Continue readingStation Road set to close for one month for bridge and embankment works
The southern end of Station Road in Little Stoke is to be closed to motorised traffic for up to one month to allow remedial work to be carried out on the railway embankment adjacent to the new Gipsy Patch Lane bridge. The road closure was originally advertised as starting from Monday 14th November but is now expected to begin next Monday (21st November).
Continue readingGipsy Patch Lane reopened both ways … What next?
Gipsy Patch Lane may have fully reopened for the first time in over two years, but there are further road closures to come, warns South Gloucestershire Council. These are associated with the resurfacing of the widened highway west of the bridge and remedial work on the railway embankment near the Station Road junction.
Continue readingGipsy Patch Lane now fully open in both directions
A main road in north Bristol that has been subject to traffic management measures for over two years was fully reopened this morning (Sunday 24th April). Motor vehicles can now pass along the full length of Gipsy Patch Lane in both directions – westbound towards the A38 Gloucester Road, and eastbound towards Little Stoke, Stoke Gifford and Bradley Stoke.
Continue readingTwo-way traffic to return along full length of Gipsy Patch Lane in late April
Two-way traffic is set to return along the full length of Gipsy Patch Lane for the first time in more than two years. But ahead of this, a two-week full closure of the road east of the bridge is needed to carry out resurfacing work.
Continue readingStation Road and Gifford Crescent junctions set to reopen from Monday
Two junctions on Gipsy Patch Lane, Little Stoke, that have been closed to motor vehicles for many months because of railway bridge and highway widening works are set to reopen from Monday (31st January). A weekend full road closure of Gipsy Patch Lane will take place to make the necessary changes to the road layout.
Continue readingOvernight surfacing work at Gipsy Patch Lane bridge
Further carriageway surfacing work under the new railway bridge on Gipsy Patch Lane, Little Stoke, is due to get under way tonight (Monday 13th December 2021). Network Rail and its contractor Alun Griffiths will be surfacing the carriageway and footpath on the south side of the bridge.
Continue readingGipsy Patch Lane full closure on Sunday 5th December
South Gloucestershire Council has announced a further one-day full closure of Gipsy Patch Lane, on Sunday 5th December 2021. The road will be closed at the railway bridge between 9am and 5pm to enable Network Rail and its contractor to install the valve chambers for the new pumping station.
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