Local Highways Schemes Planned for 2013/14

Funding has been allocated by South Gloucestershire Council’s Planning, Transport & Strategic Environment Committee to:

• improve the zebra crossing in Winterbourne High Street
• construct the next phase of an off road route for cyclists and horse riders along the Iron Acton Bypass
• carry out a traffic study to review the lorry routes associated with Yate
• carry out the preliminary work for the Church Road Bridge replacement. 

The delegated funding to the Frome Vale Area Forum will cover:

• the Traffic Regulation Order for closing Frampton End Road to vehicles
• consulting on a 40mph speed limit on Bristol Road
• investigation of possible ways of slowing traffic on Church Road. 

A pedestrian refuge on Park Lane near Woodend Road is being funded from the money remaining from the sale of the Council Houses to Merlin. The developers are funding a 20mph speed limit in The Meads.

Work has started in preparation for replacement of the Church Road bridge due to structural defects. Early in May the traffic lights were up whilst investigations took place to confirm the large number of utilities that cross the bridge.

A temporary footbridge will be constructed in Winter 2014 alongside the bridge. It will double as a carrier for all of the utilities. When the bridge deck has been replaced in Summer 2014 the utilities will be moved back into the footways and the temporary footbridge will be removed.

We will keep you informed of the dates when the existing bridge deck is due to be demolished and replaced and the diversion arrangements when we know them.