Complaints about bus driver changeovers causing traffic congestion on Hatchet Road go back as far as 2017/18, the Journal can reveal. Stagecoach says it had to abandon plans to shift the changeover location to Southmead Hospital because of the pandemic.
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Frustration at delays caused by bus driver changeovers on busy road
The Journal has been contacted by several readers who say they are becoming increasingly frustrated at having to wait in lengthy traffic queues behind Stagecoach buses parked for extended periods at stops on Hatchet Road, Stoke Gifford. Investigations have revealed that driver handovers are to blame.
Continue readingReflections on the Gipsy Patch Lane closure
Residents in the Stokes breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday 27th June when South Gloucestershire Council confirmed that Gipsy Patch Lane would reopen as planned in time for the morning peak on Monday 1st July. The busy commuter road had been closed at the Station Road railway bridge for four weeks commencing Monday 4th June in order for BT
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