South Gloucestershire commuters can ‘dial and park’ for a special discount price at the new park & ride facility off Hunts Ground Road in Stoke Gifford (close to Bristol Parkway Station). During September, all commuters who use their mobile phone to pay for parking will be charged just £2 per day, plus normal text charges – a saving of £3
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Work was due to start yesterday (Monday 19th July) on South Gloucestershire’s first park and ride at Hunts Ground Road, Stoke Gifford, near Bristol Parkway rail station. The site will provide extra parking for commuters using train services at Parkway Station and will also serve the regular bus services that call at Parkway. Its location also means that it is
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South Gloucestershire Council’s Conservative administration has given the green light to transport schemes designed to improve road safety and beat traffic congestion across the district. As part of this financial year’s Local Transport Capital Programme, building work will start on the district’s first park and ride facility – a £1.2m scheme at Parkway station. Already-announced changes to the controversial 2+
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South Gloucestershire Council in conjunction with Bristol City Council is undertaking consultation on the development of a major transport scheme – the North Fringe to Hengrove Package. The Package was identified in the South West Regional Funding Advice with a total allocation of £168m and comprises of a proposed rapid transit network with two branches in South Gloucestershire. One in
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Stoke Gifford campaigners have blasted the Highways Agency for forcing South Gloucestershire Council to withdraw a planning application to provide a new Park and Ride facility behind Bristol Parkway station. The congestion-busting scheme would have provided around 200 parking spaces adjacent to Hunts Ground Road in Stoke Gifford (and near to Parkway Station) and helped tackle the issue of the
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