Park and Ride Planning Application in

Good news - with your help there have been improvements to the proposals but …

• users are still going to have to cross the A432 to get to the bus stop -
• It is likely to turn into a Council Office overflow car park

The plan is for 192 spaces, incl 13 disabled and 20 electric, one car club bay, 6 m/c and secure parking for 46 bicycles. We've attached the plans to this post.

Open from 6am to 10pm excluding bank holidays

This is much smaller than would be needed to allow for all the extra houses since the plans agreed in 2005, so there are real worries about whether it will be big enough.

Parking will £2.60 a day but free for those using the buses. So you won’t need to use the bus or train to park there. That means it is likely to get heavily used by people working in the Council offies next door, as that is desperately short of parking. So there is a real risk relatively few of the 192 spaces will be available for ACTUAL park and ride users.

The plan does show an on site bus lay-by, but there is STILL NO COMMITMENT commitment to actually getting the buses to go in so users are still going to have to cross the A432 to get to Bristol bound buses

The good news is that it WILL have a signal controlled pedestrian crossing over the A432 Badminton Rd - so we have won that battle thanks to your help in creating a strong community pressure.

You can check out the plans and add your views at

https://developments.southglos.gov.uk/online-applications/ - then put the reference P20/16166/R3F in the search box.

Photo - Stephen Williams, Ruth Davis, John Gawn, CLaire Young and Mike Drew trying out the road crossing to get to the bus stop from the proposed car park.

Park and Ride Buckpasss

Stephen Williams asks - do the Tories really expect us to cross this to get from the park and ride to the bus stop? They have to be joking

Remember all the press hype about a new park and ride by the Council office on Badminton Road? the one without a bus stop, or safe crossing to a bus stop? S Glos say they can't take buses actually to the park and ride, leaving people to run across the A432 to and from the bus stop opposite..... They blame the bus company. So the Lib Dem Focus Team tackled the bus company head on.

First Bus say that of course they would like to do take buses to the park and ride. They are blaming S Glos.

It all comes done to cash, and S Glos trying to do it on the cheap. Surely the whole point of a park and ride is that buses..... go to it??

Stephen Williams, Lib Dem candidate for Metro Mayor in next year's elections did a test run of getting to the bus stop on Monday. He can confirm first hand it is DANGEROUS (even during school holidays during covid). Sadly the current MetroMayor doesn't seem to get this. Just look at what they expect us to be able cross, without any lights to help... Who on earth will use a park and ride if they have to try to cross this to get to the bus stop??

Ruth Davis from the Lib Dem Focus Team has asked First Bus and S Glos to look again. Like a pub with no beer, a park and ride without a bus stop is a waste of money….

MORE ROAD CLOSURES on ROUTE TO BRISTOL COMING

As well as sorting out the Kendleshire junction on the A432, S Glos has made traffic orders to close Winterbourne High St (see the map for the exact bit), And for further down the Badminton Road, the other side of the ring road. Again, any time after 18 May for up to 18 months, though they say it will only be closed for about a fortnight within that time.

HOPEFULLY they will have the sense not to close Winterbourne High St at the same time as the A432..... or we will be completely cut off....

Again the warning is - watch out for the signs that will go up showing the exact date......

NOTE UPDATE - since publishing this South Glos have indicated they are not going ahead with the Winterbourne High St repairs at this time..

BADMINTON ROAD towards Bristol to be CLOSED

We can't be sure of the date they will start but any time after 18 May the bit of the A432 at Kendleshire will be closed for roadworks. The detour is pretty long (basically you have to use Church Rd Frampton Cotterell to get onto the Winterbourne Road) - see the attached plan. And coming the other way it would mean going all the way back to the M32 to be able to turn up onto the Winterbourne Rd from the bypass or coming through Westerleigh village. When you see the signs go up saying it is closed, it is worth reacting quickly to avoid a long double back.