Signs on display today (Saturday) indicate that the new Tesco filling station in Bradley Stoke’s new town centre development will open on schedule this coming Monday, 7th April 2008 – confirming an earlier report in The Journal. With two days to go before the opening, there seems to be plenty of last-minute finishing-off work to do, but management are evidently
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South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has announced a public consultation on plans to implement a bus priority scheme at the Aztec West roundabout and the section of Bradley Stoke Way between the roundabout and Woodlands Lane. The aim of the proposed work is to “allow buses to avoid the queues and delays that occur on the approaches to the roundabout during
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Bradley Stoke has for years had just a single health centre within its boundaries, serving a population that has now reached 20,000. It is widely agreed that further provision is necessary, but progress towards that goal has been slow and fraught with political in-fighting. In 2005, South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) thought it was scoring political brownie points by announcing that
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Plans for Bradley Stoke’s new town centre approved in October 2007 included a ‘Council Drop-in Centre’ to be located on the ground floor of one of the ‘town centre units’ positioned around the new town square. The intention for Bradley Stoke Town Council to have a presence in the new town centre is clear from various meeting minutes on the
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The new Tesco filling station in Bradley Stoke’s new town centre development is set to open on Monday 7th April, according to staff at the existing station a few yards down the road. As the photo above shows, there is still much work to do on the new station, with the fuel pumps yet to be fitted and access roads
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The access road into Bradley Stoke’s new town centre is soon to be re-routed to make space for the development of the new town square (with associated shops and offices) and a block of five non-food retail units. The red line on the map above shows how the new access road will branch off to the left of the existing
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The latest newsletter from Bradley Stoke Town Council has finally appeared on the Council’s website. The print version has been available to callers at the Council’s offices since mid-February and is currently being distributed to homes in the town.
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— Click a thumbnail image to view a larger version — An imposing 3.1 metre (10ft) high wooden fence on two sides of the site of Bradley Stoke’s new town centre is now complete. The structure begins on the access road opposite the new filling station and initially follows the line of a public footpath, skirting first the vacant site
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Children in Bradley Stoke are to benefit from a £454,400 grant awarded to South Gloucestershire Council by the Big Lottery Fund. The money is for the construction of a series of so-called “Beacon Playgrounds” in accordance with the council’s Play Policy (available on the Play Website). Play Development Officer Michael Follett told The Journal: “These projects aim to provide a
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Letters detailing offers of secondary school places for admission in September 2008 have been posted today (using 2nd class mail) by South Gloucestershire Council. Parents/carers who applied online have been able to view the results on the Internet since 5pm today, provided they remembered their username, password and unique reference number (given at the time of application). Bradley Stoke Community
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