Public funding is likely to be needed to support services on the new MetroBus route currently being constructed along Gipsy Patch Lane, according to a report by the West of England Combined Authority. If necessary, a procurement exercise will be carried out to ensure a service is in place by early 2023.
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Overnight surfacing work at Gipsy Patch Lane bridge
Further carriageway surfacing work under the new railway bridge on Gipsy Patch Lane, Little Stoke, is due to get under way tonight (Monday 13th December 2021). Network Rail and its contractor Alun Griffiths will be surfacing the carriageway and footpath on the south side of the bridge.
Continue readingStagecoach drags feet over driver changeover issue
Complaints about bus driver changeovers causing traffic congestion on Hatchet Road go back as far as 2017/18, the Journal can reveal. Stagecoach says it had to abandon plans to shift the changeover location to Southmead Hospital because of the pandemic.
Continue readingGipsy Patch Lane full closure on Sunday 5th December
South Gloucestershire Council has announced a further one-day full closure of Gipsy Patch Lane, on Sunday 5th December 2021. The road will be closed at the railway bridge between 9am and 5pm to enable Network Rail and its contractor to install the valve chambers for the new pumping station.
Continue readingGroup set to celebrate 70 years of Scouting in Little Stoke
The 1st Little Stoke Scout Group will be 70 years old in 2022 and there are plans to hold a number of events to celebrate this huge milestone. The group started in February 1952 and was housed in a wooden hut near the allotments off Bush Avenue. In 1963, the HQ moved to its current location in Rossall Avenue…
Continue readingAviva looks to part let Stoke Gifford offices
One of the largest employers in Stoke Gifford is looking to let out space in its enormous office complex near Parkway Station as a consequence of a move towards permanent ‘flexible working’. The Aviva Centre has been rebranded ‘Lake View’ and it is being marketed with the tagline “Modern office space in a parkland setting near Parkway train station”.
Continue readingLocal gospel choir sings on
It has been such a joy to have the Stoke Gifford Gospel Choir back rehearsing… in person! (writes Emma Smallwood of Gospel Generation Community Choir). A number of Christmas performances are planned for the coming weeks, including in Broadmead and The Galleries on Saturday 4th December.
Continue readingHalf-term fun is just the beginning
The new minister at Little Stoke Baptist Church, Rev. Tania Vaughan, has been demonstrating her passion for the community of Little Stoke through free events for adults and children. The recent October half-term holiday club is to be followed by a Christmas market with a difference on Sunday 5th December.
Continue readingTwo-way traffic returns to part of Gipsy Patch Lane
The good progress being made with highway widening works east of the new railway bridge on Gipsy Patch Lane has allowed South Gloucestershire Council to plan for a return to two-way traffic on part of the road with effect from Monday 22nd November.
Continue readingAldi & Costa scheme moving forward
The project to build a new mixed-use development comprising of an Aldi supermarket, a Costa drive-through and a Premier Inn hotel on land at Fox Den Road, Stoke Gifford, has taken some small steps forward over the summer.
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