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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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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South Gloucestershire Council is investing £160 million over four years to reduce congestion and emissions, improve cycling and pedestrian routes, facilitate faster bus journeys and future proof the road network. Highway improvement schemes are planned across the district and the aim of this ambitious programme of work is to get the road network ready for major new housing and business
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Sodbury campaigners have joined residents in welcoming news that a local road will be resurfaced later this month. The council has confirmed that, weather permitting, the resurfacing work in Hartley Close, off St Johns Way, is scheduled to start on Monday 28th February. Conservative-run South Gloucestershire Council has invested an extra £4m over the last two years to ensure more
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A major road in Kingswood is set to be resurfaced starting next week, it has been announced. Court Road, which links Hanham Road with Mount Hill Road, is to be resurfaced by South Gloucestershire Council from 10th to 19th January. Local councillors for the area had been campaigning for several years for the road to be resurfaced and have welcomed
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Roadworks in place during the construction of a scheme to tackle traffic congestion and improve safety at the Kingsfield roundabout on the A4174 ring road at Longwell Green (near Asda) have been cleared to keep the traffic moving during the lead up to Christmas. Works to provide extra lanes and new traffic lights on the roundabout have been on-going for
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South Gloucestershire Council has started work on expanding the A4174 ring road between Filton and Hambrook. The work is to install priority vehicle lanes on the A4174 ring road between Coldharbour Lane and the M32 junction in the West and East bound directions. These are additional lanes and will not reduce the amount of lanes to general traffic. The work
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The road at Latteridge Hill between Earthcott Green and Latteridge has been closed to repair a landslip. South Gloucestershire Council says the work is likely to last for six weeks. Remedial measures were taken following initial landslips, believed to be caused by a natural spring located under the bank, however, a geological survey revealed that the structure was still susceptible
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