Residents across the Stokes are bracing themselves for weeks of severe traffic congestion resulting from the planned closure of a major commuter route through the area. Gipsy Patch Lane is set to be closed to motorised vehicles at the railway bridge in Little Stoke for four weeks from Monday 3rd June to enable BT to divert its underground cables ahead
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Council confirms four-week closure of Gipsy Patch Lane from Monday (3rd June)
A planned four-week full closure of Gipsy Patch Lane will commence next Monday (3rd June), South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has confirmed. The road will be closed to all vehicles at the railway bridge, which is located near the junction with Station Road. The closure is required to allow BT to divert underground utilities in preparation for construction of the Cribbs
Continue readingBridge closure diversion details to be revealed at public drop-in sessions
With the planned four-week full closure of Gipsy Patch Lane during June now less than a month away, South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) says it will soon reveal details of the signed diversion routes that will be in operation during the upcoming work. Further full and partial closures of Gipsy Patch Lane are planned over the next two years, including a
Continue readingCameras used to aid bridge diversion planning
South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) says it received an “excellent” response rate to a recently conducted online travel survey aimed at users of Gipsy Patch Lane. The results of the survey will be used to help plan the traffic management needed during a series of full closures of the road, the first of which is due to start on Monday 3rd
Continue readingCouncil confirms four-week closure of Gipsy Patch Lane THIS JUNE
South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has today confirmed rumours that Gipsy Patch Lane will be closed to all traffic at the railway bridge for a period of four weeks this June (2019). The news comes less than three months after council officers assured a packed public meeting that the most disruptive roadworks associated with the upcoming Cribbs Patchway MetroBus Extension (CPME) scheme
Continue readingCost of replacement railway bridge rockets by at least £20m
Council in race against time to secure extra funding in order to achieve planned 2020 implementation date. Plans to replace the narrow-arched railway bridge on Gipsy Patch Lane with a much wider concrete structure have been thrown into turmoil following the revelation that the work could cost tens of millions of pounds more than was originally estimated. The bridge replacement
Continue reading‘MetroBus 2’: Councillors push for early formation of Gipsy Patch Lane works liaison group
Local councillors concerned about the impact of a two-year programme of work to replace the railway bridge on Gipsy Patch Lane have called for a residents’ liaison group to be set up as soon as January 2019, despite Network Rail having yet to appoint a contractor for the project. A packed public meeting held in Little Stoke Community Hall on
Continue readingPublic 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)
Continue readingPlanning permission secured for replacement railway bridge
The proposed Cribbs Patchway MetroBus Extension (CPME) scheme, which will see the old railway bridge on Gipsy Patch Lane replaced with a much wider concrete structure, took a major step forward in July with the approval of three of the four planning applications necessary to allow it to proceed to the next stage in its project plan. The existing masonry
Continue readingMore 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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