National Highways is reminding road users that the M4 in South Gloucestershire will be closed this weekend as part of the work on the A432 Badminton Road Bridge. The motorway will be closed in both directions between junctions 18 (Bath) and 19 (M32) from 7pm on Friday 18th October to 6am on Monday 21st October 2024 while a trench is dug under the motorway.
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National Highways has announced that the A432 Badminton Road bridge over the M4 motorway will need to remain closed for a further two years to allow the structure to be demolished and replaced. Demolition is planned for summer/autumn 2024 following work to divert utilities and it’s hoped that construction of the new bridge will be completed in 2025.
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A new free shuttle bus is being laid on to try to ease traffic chaos and delays from the long-term closure of a bridge over the M4 in South Gloucestershire. The half-hourly service will start on Thursday 14th September, to take passengers from Yate Park & Ride via Coalpit Heath to the Cuckoo Lane junction on the A432 Badminton Road, from where it is a short walk to…
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Residents in the West of England can now apply for free bus travel throughout the whole month of their birthday under a new scheme designed to radically grow passenger numbers. All the main bus companies, including First and Stagecoach, have signed up to the first-of-its-kind initiative, and the region’s WESTlink bookable minibuses will also offer free travel.
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Traffic problems caused by the closure of a bridge over the M4 look set to last until at least the end of the year. National Highways closed the A432 Badminton Road overbridge on the main road between Bristol and Yate earlier this month after finding “accelerated deterioration and cracking” to the south-east underside of the structure, which was built in 1966.
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Council chiefs have scrapped plans for a series of controversial ‘throughabouts’ and other big changes to junctions on the A4174 Ring Road. South Glos Council temporarily put the brakes on the £30m proposals a year ago amid huge opposition. Now they have decided to abandon the plans, insisting there has been a “significant reduction” in traffic congestion…
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South Gloucestershire Council is set to launch a fleet of nine new gritters this week as part of a £1 million investment to keep roads safe and traffic moving across the district this winter. With temperatures set to drop, the super-efficient gritters will be out on South Gloucestershire’s roads to treat the network from Friday 18th November.
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Plans to spend £30 million on converting three more roundabouts on the A4174 Ring Road into ‘throughabouts’ have been put on hold for at least 12 months after a public consultation showed a clear majority of respondents were opposed to the scheme.
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Commuters using the A4174 Ring Road around north-east Bristol could face three years of traffic misery after proposals for a £30m scheme of road-widening and ‘throughabouts’ were unveiled. The plans aim to tackle congestion and deter motorists from using roads through adjoining residential areas as ‘rat runs’.
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Residents in the West of England are being invited to ‘find joy in the journey’ by swapping short car journeys for walking or cycling to help reduce congestion and improve air quality in the region. A new campaign aims to boost health and wellbeing as well as helping to build a cleaner, greener future for the region.
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