North Bristol news roundup.

North Bristol news roundup 09/07/12

Councillor urges Committee to go ahead with plan to close a major road through Patchway – despite being one of 4,137 signatories of a petition to keep it open. A local councillor has made an astonishing U-turn in his opinion on South Gloucestershire Council’s (SGC’s) plan to close Patchway’s Highwood Road to general traffic. Cllr Brian Hopkinson, a Town Councillor

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Diversion route for southbound traffic on the M5 on 5th July 2012.

Lengthy diversions as M5 closed overnight tonight

Drivers from Bradley Stoke looking to join or leave the M5 after 10pm tonight (Thursday 5th July) will face lengthy diversions due to an overnight closure of the motorway in both directions south of the Almondsbury Interchange. The northbound carriageway will be closed between junctions 17 (Cribbs Causeway) and 15 (Almondsbury Interchange), while the southbound carriageway will be closed between

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