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September 2017
News
MetroBus construction report (August 2017) By Jim Aitken, community liaison officer at Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Ltd
changes and approvals, this will take us up to the end of September.
ALL Alun Griffiths works at Aztec West, Bradley Stoke Way north of Patchway Brook Roundabout (near Aldi) and around Webbs Wood Roundabout are complete. South Gloucestershire Council continues to work in the vicinity of Aztec West on the separate (i.e. non-MetroBus) A38 southbound widening and roundabout improvement scheme.
Great Stoke Roundabout
South of Patchway Brook
Traffic management has now been removed, with the exception of one final section near Primrose Bridge, which has been left in place so that a pollution control chamber can be installed. Trial trenching has now completed to determine the service(s) that will need to be worked around, if possible. Subject to design
At the southern end of Bradley Stoke Way, on the approach to Great Stoke Roundabout (a.k.a. Rabbit Roundabout), the new bus lane area is now complete up to binder course. Only the final surface course of tarmac remains to be done, followed by lining. During early September, traffic will be switched to the new bus lane to enable works on the northbound side, including new kerbs lines, drainage and footway works. Local pedestrian footway diversions around The Worthys will be installed to facilitate this. All work in this area, including surfacing, is to be completed by early October. The overall duration of works has extended due to drainage design changes. We have strived
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The new bus lane at the southern end of Bradley Stoke Way nears completion
to keep the traffic flowing by keeping open narrow lanes, as opposed to other traffic management measures which could have restricted traffic movement. Consequently, we have received no complaints of traffic congestion in this area whilst we have completed the extended work on the verge.
responsibility of another contractor and is ‘off limits’ to the Alun Griffiths team.
Stoke Gifford By-Pass
The carriageway is now 100 percent surfaced and footways 70 percent complete throughout the scheme. Final signage, landscaping, fencing and finishing works are now ongoing for the next six weeks, with a target completion for early October, further landscaping will then be undertaken due to seasonal restrictions for planting. The bridge being constructed over the Ham Brook is the
Fully open: New bus lane between Patchway Brook Roundabout and the Woodlands Lane junction
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