Fundraisers are celebrating the success of a Stoke Gifford charity shop which has received thousands of bags of donations. Barnardo’s opened a new store in Ratcliffe Drive (next to Tesco Express) last March. Since then the charity has received more than 5,000 bags of clothing, accessories, homeware, books, toys and games. Barnardo’s has also been supported by a group of
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Off-peak traffic lights coming to Hatchet Road for MetroBus utilities investigation
Residents of the Stokes are being warned of roadworks due to take place on Hatchet Road in late April and May, in connection with the Cribbs Patchway MetroBus Extension (CPME) scheme. An announcement on the CPME page of the Travelwest website states that the work involves digging temporary trial trenches to confirm the location of underground utilities. The start date
Continue readingParkway Station railway upgrade work moves to next phase
Network Rail has revealed further details about work it will soon be carrying out in and around Parkway Station, as part of the project to electrify the Great Western Mainline between London and South Wales. The next phase of the work will include: Stabilising the embankment next to the Filton line, known as the Filton East Curve Setting up a
Continue readingGroup formed to “Save Hatchet Road” from “white elephant” MetroBus scheme
A residents’ action group formed to fight plans by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) to install a £2 million bus lane down one side of Hatchet Road in Stoke Gifford has distributed more than 4,000 leaflets and gathered almost 1,000 petition signatures in the space of just three weeks. The new southbound-only bus lane will form part of the Cribbs Patchway
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