Residents of Patchway have a chance to find out more about the soon to be implemented M4/M5 managed motorways scheme at a public exhibition this weekend. The £88.6m project will see the introduction of variable mandatory speed limits and use of the hard shoulder as an extra traffic lane to ease congestion. Implementation of the scheme is expected to take
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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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Work has begun on transforming what was formerly one of South Gloucestershire’s busiest roads into a unique green open space. Highwood Road in Patchway was formerly a major route to The Mall and Cribbs Causeway, but traffic now uses the recently opened Hayes Way bypass. Now the road will be converted into a ‘linear park’ which will incorporate a dedicated
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