By Jim Aitken, community liaison officer at Alun Griffiths Ltd. North section of BSW Work continues to progress on the verge approaching the Aztec West Roundabout to construct the new dedicated bus lane from Bradley Stoke Way (BSW) onto the A38. The commencement of this work has been delayed due to uncharted utilities. The main utilities are now diverted and
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Construction of the £102 million North Fringe to Hengrove Package (NFHP) MetroBus scheme that is currently being constructed through Bradley Stoke is forecast to be more than £11m over budget when it is completed next year, a new report by the West of England Partnership (WoEP) has revealed. The news comes just weeks after South Gloucestershire Council (SGC), which is
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Local MP Jack Lopresti has arranged an urgent meeting with the Secretary of State for Transport to discuss traffic congestion caused by the MetroBus roadworks in Bradley Stoke, which he says “have gone on for too long”. The move comes just days after Mr Lopresti’s efforts to put pressure on South Gloucestershire Council to alleviate the problems were heavily criticised in scores
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MetroBus contractors Alun Griffiths Ltd have informed the Journal that a new full-time lane closure on Bradley Stoke Way will commence following the morning peak traffic period on Monday 14th November. The closure of the nearside lane on the westbound approach to the Aztec West Roundabout is necessary to allow the construction of a new bus lane that will allow buses to by-pass
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By Jim Aitken, community liaison officer at Alun Griffiths Ltd. On Friday 14th October, Wales & West Utilities completed their gas main diversion work on the verge of the nearside lanes approaching Aztec West on Bradley Stoke Way (BSW) and vacated the site on 20th October. Griffiths will now begin work in preparation for widening. Some work will be undertaken
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MetroBus contractors Alun Griffiths have announced their intention to begin weekend working on a critical section of Bradley Stoke Way. In a letter sent to residents living in the immediate vicinity of the work area, a Griffiths spokesperson writes: “Having received the relevant permission from the local authority to work weekends and as a consequence of reduced natural daylight following
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MetroBus contractors Alun Griffiths Ltd have announced a two-week reprieve on the start date for a new peak-time lane closure on Bradley Stoke Way. The nearside lane on the westbound approach to the Aztec West Roundabout was expected to be closed full-time for ten weeks from Monday (17th October), but Griffiths now say that, for the first two weeks of
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… but before that, motorists will have to put up with a new ten-week lane closure on Bradley Stoke Way. MetroBus contractors Alun Griffiths say they are still hopeful of fully reopening the Bradley Stoke Way (BSW) / Woodlands Lane junction by Christmas, despite a series of delays caused by the discovery of further uncharted underground utilities. As reported in
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The MetroBus ‘rapid transit’ bus network currently being constructed in the Greater Bristol area, including the route through Bradley Stoke, still has no operators and may need to be subsidised once services begin, the BBC has reported. Local councils, who are funding the construction of the network with the help of government money, had planned that MetroBus services would be
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MetroBus contractors Alun Griffiths have given notice that the westbound footway on Bradley Stoke Way, between Patchway Brook Roundabout and a point opposite the Woodlands Lane junction, will be closed from next Monday (19th September). A diversion route for pedestrians, as previously detailed, will be put in place (see plan above; click to enlarge; view as PDF, with legend). Griffiths’
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