The new M4 MetroBus service on the Cribbs Patchway MetroBus Extension route is to start running on Sunday 22nd January 2023, First West of England has announced. Although originally specified as a link between The Mall at Cribbs Causeway and Bristol Parkway, the new service will in fact extend onwards to Bristol city centre via the University of the West of England.
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South Glos Council has tunnelled the length of 80 metres under a section of the A4174 Ring Road in Stoke Gifford to replace a badly damaged drainage pipe, three metres below the road surface. The £500,000 scheme is being delivered to prevent water from the pipe undermining the busy arterial road above and causing significant disruption to road users and residents.
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The southern end of Station Road in Little Stoke is to be closed to motorised traffic for up to one month to allow remedial work to be carried out on the railway embankment adjacent to the new Gipsy Patch Lane bridge. The road closure was originally advertised as starting from Monday 14th November but is now expected to begin next Monday (21st November).
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South Glos Council is consulting on a radical ‘masterplan’ for the transformation of Bristol Parkway that would see it change from simply being a place to access the rail network to a “valued destination” that incorporates work places, cafes, restaurants, homes, community facilities and parks. There would be a new, relocated station building and a reduction in car parking provision.
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South Gloucestershire Council has confirmed that Gipsy Patch Lane will reopen to two-way traffic by 6am on Monday (8th August) and is asking drivers to be aware of a new signal-controlled junction on the route. The junction between Titan Road, Gipsy Patch Lane and Rolls-Royce’s Gate 5 access is now configured as a staggered junction with traffic light control.
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Disruptive three-way temporary traffic signals on North Road, Stoke Gifford, look set to be in operation until Friday 19th August, the Journal can reveal. Wales & West Utilities, who are carrying out work to “upgrade the gas network in Stoke Gifford”, say the scheme is “essential to keep the gas flowing safely and reliably to local homes and businesses…”.
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A 15-day full closure of Gipsy Patch Lane is planned to take place during the last week of July and the first week of August, to allow resurfacing of the widened carriageway west of the railway bridge (Rolls-Royce side). This is said to be the “final stage” of the main construction work for the £57m Cribbs Patchway MetroBus Extension scheme
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Further road resurfacing and maintenance work is set to take place along Gipsy Patch Lane later this month (June) and over the first weekend in July. A full closure will take place overnight on Monday 20th June. This will be followed by one-way closures over the weekends of Friday 24th June to Monday 27th June and Friday 1st July to Monday 4th July.
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Rail passengers are being warned of disruption due to planned engineering works taking place in the Bristol area on Sundays 12th, 19th and 26th June 2022. Network Rail will replace tracks between Swindon and Patchway as well as carry out essential maintenance on the lines near Gloucester. This means that no train services can run via Bristol Parkway on these dates.
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First West of England has been announced as the operator of a planned new MetroBus service on the soon-to-be-completed Cribbs Patchway MetroBus Extension. Buses are expected to start running on the route between Bristol Parkway Station and The Mall at Cribbs Causeway in “spring 2023”.
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