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e are delighted to say that the Arnside Road shopping area is nearing comple�on and the improvements to the Arnside Road public areas will finish this month. These are part of the Arnside & Glencoyne Square Regenera�on Project which has been developed by Bristol City Council in collabora�on with the Southmead Community, in three phases Phase 1 - Greystoke Avenue parking, completed November 2020 General parking has been removed from Arnside Road with only disabled parking and loading remaining between the shops. A three hour day�me parking limit has been introduced on Ullswater Road and in front of the shops on Greystoke Avenue. New, unlimited parking has been created along Greystoke Avenue and is now in use.
Phase 2 – Sustainable Drainage (SuDs) pods on surrounding roads, completed May 2021 Eight sustainable drainage pods have been constructed and planted up in the roads to the north of Arnside Road. These will help to hold back rainwater and reduce flooding downstream, as well as bringing colour and nature to the local streets.
Phase 3 – Arnside public realm trenches to be excavated on both improvements, comple�on due May sides of Arnside Road. This is the 2022 first �me ‘Stockholm’ tree pits have Greystoke Avenue junc�on been built in Bristol and means improvements: new traffic lights; Arnside has an avenue of trees, as improved crossing facili�es; well as helping to reduce flooding streetlights; and paving. The downstream. There is ‘raingarden’ community no�ceboard is now plan�ng along each side of the road. relocated near the crossing by Tesco. Ullswater Road: the retaining Greystoke Avenue service road: wall behind Iceland has been frontage of the shops; new paving; removed to create wider footways, street furniture (seats, cycle hoops improved parking bays, and to allow and bollards). The telephone box has new tree plan�ng. The area has been relocated and new trees have been repaved and there is new been planted. street furniture, including a new Arnside Road: the road between community no�ceboard. the shops will reopen in May when the works are completed. There are wide pavements and a new cycle route, together with new streetlights, seats, cycle hoops and li�er bins. The new granite benches feature artwork by Nick Hands and Simon Tozer; these were developed with residents and celebrate Southmead, including Did you a�end the opening on Friday David Prowse. 13th May? Do send The Mead a write Underground services have been up and any pics for the next edi�on. relocated to allow large SuDs
