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September 2021
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he through-route along Gipsy Patch Lane between Little Stoke and the A38 Gloucester Road has finally reopened, albeit in one direction only, following a road closure that lasted 10 months longer than originally planned. The road was closed at the railway bridge site on 6th March 2020 to permit demolition of the old narrow brick-built bridge and its replacement with a much wider concrete structure. However, the onset of the coronavirus crisis later that month meant that the bridgeswap operation which had been planned for Easter 2020 had to be postponed. It was eventually carried out (although not without problems) in November 2020, 7 months behind schedule. Following the installation of the new bridge, work has been taking place to lower the road surface underneath it, so that there is sufficient clearance for high vehicles such as double decker buses and HGVs (as mandated by national design standards). Further delays to the project arose after engineers determined that a larger than anticipated pumping station would be required to prevent flooding of the road underneath the bridge.
One-way system
Gipsy Patch Lane reopened to traffic in a westbound direction only (towards the A38) in the early hours of Monday 6th September 2021. The new one-way system operates between the Little
Stoke Lane junction and the mini-roundabout at Rolls-Royce. Traffic is only able to travel westbound between those points, towards Filton and the A38. For safety reasons while the one-way system is in operation, the majority of side roads to the east of the railway bridge (Little Stoke side) have been closed at their junctions with Gipsy Patch Lane. West of the bridge, access to Pegasus Park is ‘right-in’ and ‘right-out’ only and the junction with Titan Road is closed. For full details of the one-way system, including all junction restrictions and alternative access arrangements, see the map and description on pages 16 and 17. The existing signposted diversion route remains in place for eastbound traffic via the A38, Bradley Stoke Way and Winterbourne Road. However, motorists with local knowledge are likely to continue using shorter alternative routes.
Safe working
South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) says the one-way system is necessary to “allow safe and efficient working” during the construction of new bus lanes along Gipsy Patch Lane, on either side of the bridge. It will also permit Network Rail’s contractor Alun Griffiths to install the redesigned pumping equipment under the road surface on the south side of the carriageway beneath the bridge. Motorists travelling westbound along Gipsy Patch Lane will find they are channelled onto the “wrong” side of the carriageway
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