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.