The Bradley Stoke Journal

Hundreds of metres of cable trenches are currently being dug around Bradley Stoke, to provide power to real-time information displays at bus stops on the ‘showcase’ 73 route.

The work began in April last year, when the stop opposite Bradley Stoke Surgery was first to be connected to the grid.

Money from central government is being used to provide the displays, through the Greater Bristol Bus Network (GBBN) project.

Electricity cables from the stops are being connected to street lamp bases but in many cases the lengthy trenches can be seen to pass several other lamps along the way.

A worker installing a cable to a stop on Brook Way, near Hawkins Crescent, where a street lamp stands directly behind the stop, told a Journal reporter that connections had to be made to lamps controlled by Western Power Distribution rather than South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). As the lamps on Brook Way belong to SGC, a 50+ metre trench has had to be constructed to reach the “right” sort of lamp in Hawkins Crescent (photo).

South Gloucestershire Council has begun work to create a new bus lane on a major commuter route between Bradley Stoke and Bristol city centre.

A new bus lane is being added to the southbound carriageway of Great Stoke Way, on the approach to the Abbey Wood roundabout.

The Council says the work should be finished by September and will be phased to avoid busy traffic periods, but adds that “some delays may be experienced”.

Read more:

• Work started to build a new bus lane in Stoke Gifford
• Bus lane proposed to speed journeys on route 73

South Gloucestershire Council has issued a series of statutory notices relating to the construction of a new bus lane of the A38 Gloucester Road between Little Stoke and the Aztec West Roundabout.

The consultation period runs until Thursday 4th February.

Read more: South Gloucestershire Council Consultation Diary