Photo of a visibility screen in the central reservation of the B4057 Winterbourne Road.

Visibility screens installed at roundabout

If you’ve noticed these green boards recently appear at the Winterbourne Road / Hatchet Road roundabout and wondered what they’re for, here’s an explanation from South Gloucestershire Council, reproduced from a notice displayed on parish council noticeboards around Stoke Gifford. Background Collision records show that there is an issue with vehicles on the B4057 over-running give way lines at Hatchet

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Traffic calming chicane on Little Stoke Lane, Little Stoke, Bristol.

Committee to consider objections to Little Stoke Lane speed table proposals

Objections to proposals to replace priority narrowings in Little Stoke Lane with a series of full-width raised tables are to be considered at a Council meeting this week. South Gloucestershire Council’s Planning, Transport & Strategic Environment (PTSE) Committee, meeting in Kingswood on Wednesday, will consider three objections to the Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) that was advertised between 20th November and

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Traffic calming chicane on Little Stoke Lane, Little Stoke, Bristol.

Consultation on Little Stoke Lane traffic calming proposals

Traffic calming chicanes in Little Stoke Lane could be replaced with raised table crossings if a £150,000 scheme being proposed by South Gloucestershire Council gets the thumbs up from local residents. The Council has recently launched a public consultation on the plans, which foresee five ‘priority narrowings’ being replaced with two-way raised table crossings. A new raised table crossing will

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