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Indicative artist’s impression of proposals on Hatchet Road (looking north).

Decision on Hatchet Road widening deferred

A decision on plans to widen Hatchet Road in Stoke Gifford, to accommodate a new southbound bus lane for the proposed Cribbs Patchway MetroBus Extension (CPME) route has been deferred by South Gloucestershire Council. The CPME is an extension of the MetroBus network which will extend the North Fringe to Hengrove MetroBus route that is currently under construction. The CPME

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Indicative artist’s impression of proposals on Hatchet Road (looking north).

MetroBus Extension report recommends no change in Hatchet Road widening plan

A report on the results of the recent public consultation on preliminary designs for the Cribbs Patchway MetroBus Extension (CPME) is recommending that the scheme be progressed largely unaltered, despite scores of people registering objections to the proposed widening of Hatchet Road in Stoke Gifford, in order to accommodate a new bus lane. The proposals require a strip of land to be

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Indicative artist’s impression of proposals on Gipsy Patch Lane (looking east).

Cribbs Patchway MetroBus Extension consultation launched

A consultation on preliminary designs for the Cribbs Patchway MetroBus Extension (CPME) has been launched by South Gloucestershire Council. The CPME is an extension of the North Fringe to Hengrove Package MetroBus route which, once complete, will connect to other MetroBus routes which are currently being built, including the South Bristol Link and Ashton Vale to Temple Meads. The council

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Railway bridge on Gipsy Patch Lane, Little Stoke, Bristol.

Replacement railway bridge on Gipsy Patch Lane set to be 4-lane

The railway bridge on Gipsy Patch Lane, a notorious bottleneck for traffic and the scene of frequent bridge strikes by high vehicles, looks set to be replaced with a significantly wider concrete structure following a decision made by South Gloucestershire Council’s PTSE Major Schemes Sub-Committee in early October. From November 2014 to February 2015, the council ran a preliminary consultation

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Brins Close, Stoke Gifford, Bristol.

Proposed waiting restrictions in roads near Parkway Station set to be dropped

South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) looks set to abandon plans to introduce parking restrictions in a number of Stoke Gifford streets after 37 objections were received in response to the ‘statutory advertisement’ of the proposed measures. The main purpose of the scheme, known as ‘Parkway Station Area – Review of waiting restrictions Phase 3‘, is to “discourage all-day parking by rail users and students

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