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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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.
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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.
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South Glos Council has tunnelled the length of 80 metres under a section of the A4174 Ring Road in Stoke Gifford to replace a badly damaged drainage pipe, three metres below the road surface. The £500,000 scheme is being delivered to prevent water from the pipe undermining the busy arterial road above and causing significant disruption to road users and residents.
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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).
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South Gloucestershire Council has confirmed that Gipsy Patch Lane will reopen to two-way traffic by 6am on Monday (8th August) and is asking drivers to be aware of a new signal-controlled junction on the route. The junction between Titan Road, Gipsy Patch Lane and Rolls-Royce’s Gate 5 access is now configured as a staggered junction with traffic light control.
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Disruptive three-way temporary traffic signals on North Road, Stoke Gifford, look set to be in operation until Friday 19th August, the Journal can reveal. Wales & West Utilities, who are carrying out work to “upgrade the gas network in Stoke Gifford”, say the scheme is “essential to keep the gas flowing safely and reliably to local homes and businesses…”.
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A 15-day full closure of Gipsy Patch Lane is planned to take place during the last week of July and the first week of August, to allow resurfacing of the widened carriageway west of the railway bridge (Rolls-Royce side). This is said to be the “final stage” of the main construction work for the £57m Cribbs Patchway MetroBus Extension scheme
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Further road resurfacing and maintenance work is set to take place along Gipsy Patch Lane later this month (June) and over the first weekend in July. A full closure will take place overnight on Monday 20th June. This will be followed by one-way closures over the weekends of Friday 24th June to Monday 27th June and Friday 1st July to Monday 4th July.
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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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