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Tag: roadworks

Photo of lines of trees alongside Gipsy Patch Lane.
Tuesday 19th January 2021 SH (Editor)

Felling of trees for Gipsy Patch bus lane set to start next week

A controversial programme of work to fell a row of 20 semi-mature trees along Gipsy Patch Lane, Little Stoke, to create space for a new bus lane, is due to get under way next Monday (25th January 2021). A petition opposing the tree felling has attracted more than 300 signatures.

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Photo of the replacement bridge standing in the site compound.
Thursday 8th October 2020 SH (Editor)

New railway bridge set to be installed this month

Installation of the replacement railway bridge on Gipsy Patch Lane is set to take place during a 13-day closure of the railway starting on 25th October, barring any last-minute setbacks resulting from the resurgent coronavirus pandemic. However, the road under the bridge is set to remain fully closed until July 2021.

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Photo of road closure signs and barriers.
Tuesday 8th September 2020 SH (Editor)

Gipsy Patch Lane roadworks to last another TWO YEARS

Road users in the Stokes will have to put up with Gipsy Patch Lane being fully closed or restricted by traffic management measures for at least another two years, the Journal can reveal. Once the new bridge has been installed, highway works on Gipsy Patch Lane east and west of the bridge will continue until the end of 2022.

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Photo of a bus waiting at a stop on Hatchet Road.
Wednesday 26th August 2020 SH (Editor)

Three months of temporary traffic lights coming to Hatchet Road for MetroBus work

Two-way temporary traffic lights are to be installed on Hatchet Road from mid-September for a period of three months. They are required to enable two existing bus stops to be upgraded to MetroBus-specification stops as part of the Cribbs Patchway MetroBus Extension scheme.

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Photo of the east side of the existing railway bridge during the road closure in March 2020.
Monday 13th July 2020 SH (Editor)

Rail bridge installation delayed until autumn

A new date has been confirmed for the installation of the replacement railway bridge on Gipsy Patch Lane following the postponement of the work due to the coronavirus pandemic. The bridge move will now take place between 24th October and 7th November 2020.

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Photo of the east side of the existing railway bridge during the road closure in March 2020.
Monday 13th April 2020 TH (Reporter)

Pedestrian and cyclist route reopened under Gipsy Patch Lane railway bridge

A narrow footpath, suitable for pedestrians and dismounted cyclists only, has been reopened under the railway bridge on Gipsy Patch Lane. The news comes a week after Network Rail announced that it had decided to postpone plans to replace the bridge during a nine-day closure of the railway over Easter

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Photomontage of the proposed replacement railway bridge on Gipsy Patch Lane, looking westwards
Friday 3rd April 2020 TH (Reporter)

Coronavirus crisis: Gipsy Patch Lane railway bridge replacement postponed

Plans to demolish the existing narrow-arch railway bridge on Gipsy Patch Lane and replace it with a much wider concrete structure during a nine-day railway closure over Easter have been postponed as a consequence of the coronavirus crisis.

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Photo of 'road closed' signs and barrier at the railway bridge in June 2019.
Tuesday 3rd March 2020 SH (Editor)

Gipsy Patch Lane: 8-month full road closure set to start on Thursday

Residents of the Stokes who use Gipsy Patch Lane to access employment, shopping and leisure facilities to the west of the railway line are being encouraged to plan ahead for an eight-month full closure of the road that is due to start on Thursday 5th March. The road closure is needed so that a new, much-wider railway bridge can be

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Photo of piling work taking place on the north-east corner of the bridge.
Wednesday 5th February 2020 SH (Editor)

Bridge replacement still on track for Easter despite piling delays

The project to dismantle the narrow railway bridge on Gipsy Patch Lane and replace it with a much wider concrete structure is still on track to meet the looming deadline of a programmed nine-day closure of the railway line over Easter, according to Network Rail. Piling work to create 24-metre deep foundations to support the four corners of the replacement

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Photo of a road sign informing that Station Road will be closed for two weeks from Monday 13th January 2020.
Sunday 12th January 2020 SH (Editor)

Station Road closed for two weeks from Monday (13th January)

A section of Station Road in Little Stoke, from its junction with Gipsy Patch Lane northwards, is to be closed for approximately two weeks from Monday (13th January). The closure is required to enable Network Rail and its contractor Alun Griffiths Ltd to continue with the piling work which has been taking place at the railway bridge on Gipsy Patch

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