Bus corridor under construction on Highwood Road, Patchway

Council launches raft of consultations on Highwood Road traffic orders

South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) has today launched no fewer than six public consultations on statutory traffic orders connected with the proposed closure of Highwood Road to general traffic. The latest consultations follow an earlier one in October last year, the feedback from which the Council is yet to acknowledge – judged by the status shown on the consultation webpage, namely:

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No right turn into Durban Road from Highwood Road, Patchway

Frustration at lack of information over road closures

Residents and employees in Patchway have expressed frustration over the lack of advance information about a series of road closures introduced last weekend. The closures are related to the ongoing work to transform Highwood Road into a ‘linear park’, which planners hope will better integrate the new Charlton Hayes neighbourhood with the main part of Patchway. A resident of Windermere

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Consultation sign on Highwood Road, Patchway

Last chance to comment on Highwood Road traffic changes

Local residents have until Sunday (30th October) to comment on South Gloucestershire Council’s plans to close a section of Highwood Road to general traffic. The proposals represent the detailed implementation of a condition in the planning consent for the new Charlton Hayes development that required Highwood Road be converted into a single carriageway between the Standing Stone Roundabout (near The

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