Overnight ring road closures

There will be overnight closures of the ring road next week as South Glos Council will be carrying out more resurfacing work from Tuesday 18 April to Friday 21 April.

The resurfacing will take place between the Hambrook traffic lights (Bristol Road) to the Bromley Heath Roundabout eastbound on Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19 April and between the Bromley Heath Roundabout to Wick Wick roundabout westbound on Thursday 20 and Friday 21 April. This will involve overnight closure of the westbound and eastbound carriageways of the A4174 between Hambrook traffic lights/Bristol Road junction and Wick Wick Roundabout between 8pm and 6am. During the overnight closures, traffic will not be able to access part of the A4174 ring road. Full diversion routes will be in place and will be clearly signed.

The westbound and eastbound carriageways will remain fully open at all other times.

Discover festival launched

The Discover Festival is running again this autumn. It gives you a chance to discover and enjoy something new in our area.

This weekend there will be a series of Heritage Open Days. Over the coming weeks there will be over 280 events, many of them free, on the themes of Crafts, Nature, Learning, Heritage, Food, Arts, Active and Wellbeing.

To find out more visit www.southglos.gov.uk/discover or like www.facebook.com/discoversouthglos

Consultation on day service at Turnberries

South Gloucestershire Council is consulting on a proposal to decommission the day service currently provided for adults with learning and physical disabilities at Turnberries in Thornbury. This is used by people from across South Glos, not just in Thornbury. You can find out more and make comments at the consultation webpage before 2nd September.

Badminton Road overnight closure

From 18th July, there will be major resurfacing works taking place on Badminton Road between the traffic island just before the Nibley Lane junction and the roundabout by the council offices. The work will involve overmight road closures from 8pm to 6am - watch out for more details on the illuminated signs. There will be similar works taking place on Waverly Road, Yate from 19th July.

Next Community Engagement Forum next Tuesday

The next Community Engagement Forum (CEF) (formerly Safer Stronger Community Group) meeting for the area covering Frampton Cotterell, Coalpit Heath and Westerleigh is on Tuesday 5th July at 7.30pm in the Greenfield Centre. There will be updates from the local fire and police services and from councillors, feedback on previous priorities and a discussion of local community issues.

Devolution and planning document on the agenda

On Wednesday South Gloucestershire Council will be debating the proposed West of England devolution deal, which would result in a Metro Mayor. North Somerset have already rejected the deal so if it did go ahead it would only cover South Gloucestershire, Bristol and Bath & North East Somerset. Also under consideration at the meeting is the revised draft Policies, Sites and Places plan.

You can read more in the agenda papers online. If you attend the meeting you can speak for up to 5 minutes under Items from the Public.

South Glos votes to leave the EU

South Gloucestershire, like the country as a whole, has voted narrowly to leave the European Union. The official result in our area was:

Remain: 74,928 (47.3%)
Leave: 83,405 (52.7%)
Turnout: 76.2%

Your Focus Team campaigned positively with people of other parties and none for the UK to remain in the European Union, so of course we are disappointed. Now the momentous decision has been made to leave, we will continue to work to get the best for local people as our country takes the next steps.

We need to work together to reconcile the divisions this referendum has highlighted – if you would like to join us in doing that, please get in touch.