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March 2020
Great Stoke Roundabout improvements: Project timetable January – April
Narrow lanes and lane closures on Bradley Stoke Way and the B4057, Winterbourne Road
May – August
Narrow lanes and lane closures on Bradley Stoke Way and the B4057, Winterbourne Road. Lane closures on Great Stoke Way
September
Great Stoke Way and the B4057, Winterbourne Road lane closures
October – November
Overnight closures of the roundabout
October – December
Off peak lane closures on various approaches to the roundabout
Frequently asked questions about the scheme, answered by South Gloucestershire Council Why is this work being carried out at the same time as the Cribbs Patchway MetroBus Extension scheme? We have started the work at Great Stoke Roundabout ahead of the Gipsy Patch Lane closure, however there will be an overlap which will cause a significant impact on traffic in the area. We apologise for this, but feedback from residents has told us that a condensed period of heavy congestion is preferred to stretching roadworks out over a number of years. Will the impact of closures on other roads in the area be monitored? Yes. We will monitor traffic in the area during the construction phase and, if some areas experience severe difficulties, we will consider implementing additional measures to help ease congestion.
Work under way on the Bradley Stoke Way arm of Great Stoke (Rabbit) Roundabout in mid-February, showing traffic tailed back on the southbound side
Reader comments on the Journal’s Facebook pages NC: It’s a joke that council or contractor vehicles are parking on a live lane, throwing a few cones out behind them, when they have closed a bus lane for the works. Why not park a few metres away in the side road? The works should be left for off-peak travel times. TA: Why can’t they work on all four junctions at once and get the job done? Beef that up with double shifts.
Are road closures required and what will the diversion routes be?
NJ: Every time I drive past all I see are men sat in plant vehicles on their mobiles
Road closures are only expected towards the end of the construction phase, during September & October 2020, to complete the final surfacing and road marking work. We will publicise the signed diversion routes nearer the time and residents in the immediate area will be kept informed.
TS: I don’t get the point of these works, endless disruption on a roundabout that was [previously] fine.
WS: Why can’t they do what they do on mainland Europe and do roadworks at night?
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