Temporary shuttle lights which have been in place at Parkway Bridge since June 2020 are to be removed ahead of the start of the new school year in September. Other planned changes will see the footways under the bridge widened and a 20mph speed limit introduced for road users.
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Gipsy Patch Lane, which has been closed to motor vehicles at the railway bridge for 16 months, is to be partially reopened “in September [2021]”, South Gloucestershire Council has announced. A drop-in public information event will take place in the car park of Stokers public house on Wednesday 4th August.
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Following the revelation in June’s SGJ magazine that council officers are pushing for the temporary ‘shuttle’ traffic lights at Parkway Bridge to remain in place for a further 12 months, varying accounts have emerged of a further meeting held in late June to discuss the future of the controversial scheme.
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The closure of the straight stretch of Gifford Crescent leading directly off Gipsy Patch Lane from Monday 5th July 2021 means that motorists travelling from the east are now required to follow a diversion in order to reach the Little Stoke shops and post office.
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Passengers can now benefit from improved accessibility at Patchway railway station in Station Road, Little Stoke after two lifts were installed and commissioned. Alongside a new stepped footbridge, the new lifts will help connect platforms one and two and provide step-free access for the elderly, people carrying luggage or with limited mobility, and pushchairs.
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As previously reported, the current temporary shuttle lights at Parkway Bridge are opposed by the three South Gloucestershire ward councillors for Stoke Gifford. One of the three, Brian Allinson, has repeatedly called for an additional tunnel to be constructed through the railway embankment, alongside the existing bridge.
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The latest temporary road closure associated with the Cribbs Patchway MetroBus Extension construction work is due to come into force in Little Stoke on Monday (5th July 2021), when the straight stretch of Gifford Crescent (directly off Gipsy Patch Lane) will be closed to motor vehicles.
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Following the frustrating news revealed in our May magazine that the railway bridge at Gipsy Patch Lane may not reopen to motorised traffic until December (and then only one way), the last month has seen a slew of announcements relating to highway works east of the bridge.
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A local resident has started an online petition to have the temporary one-way traffic lights at Parkway railway bridge removed with immediate effect, but knowledgeable sources have told the Journal that council officers have recently recommended extending the controversial scheme for a further 12 months.
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Motorists in the Stokes have been dealt a double blow with the news that the road under the Gipsy Patch Lane railway bridge may now not open until December, and once it does, most of Gipsy Patch Lane will be restricted to one-way traffic flow for many months thereafter.
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