WAITING RESTRICTIONS & KEEP CLEARS NEAR ABBOTSWOOD & CULVERHILL SCHOOLS

The statutory notice for proposals to create waiting restrictions on Kelston Cl and Rodford Way by the schools has been published. You have until 8 June to comment. You may have commented on previous informal consultations, but thi sis the formal, final legal one - so if you are affected please check it carefully and reply to South Glos if you spot a problem.

The waiting restrictions are at https://consultations.southglos.gov.uk/consult.ti/PT.6507KelstonRodfordWR/consultationHome

The Keep Clear proposals are at

https://consultations.southglos.gov.uk/consult.ti/PT.6508KelstonSKC/consultationHome

RODFORD WAY ROADWORKS

South Glos have just notified us: "The construction of the mandatory cycle lanes scheme on Rodford Way will be starting this week. Please accept my apologies for the short notice, we would usually give a lot more notice when construction is due to commence, but due to the current pandemic the operations team are making decisions on what schemes they can construct on a day to day basis, based on a lot of variables such as staff availability, material availability, weather and so on. "

Rodford Way and Shire Way Speeding

Residents who came to the town council meeting  and their councillors

Residents from the Rodford Way and Shire Way areas met with Town Councillors from the Focus Team to identify a 6 point action plan to try to tackle  speeding, particularly late night speedsters, and other problems on Shire Way and Rodford Way. Since then we've taken advice from other communities who have encountered similar problems, the police have been out doing speed checks. Residents have been advised to call the police when they get late night problems - if we don't log the problems then the police won't allocate resources to sort it.

RODFORD WAY resurfacing - ROAD CLOSURE

Rodford Way to be Closed - for resurfacing

(Photo - members of the Focus Team on the Sundridge Park / Rodford Way corner, taken at the start of Jan as part of arguing for the massive potholes to be surfaced)

GOOD NEWS: Rodford Way from the Kelston Close junction to the Shire Way junction is going to be resurfaced - some of the potholes, particularly on the corners are huge, deep and dangerous, so this is long overdue.

But it means closing the road......

South Glos has made the closure orders. The order says it will close the road from 6 April for up to 18 months!! We've checked and they think it will only be for a fortnight, but haven't pinned down exact dates.  We asked them about residents  in Bredon, Glenfall Abbotswood and all the other roads and all the Abbotswood businesses. They have today confirmed that they are waiting for the outcome of some coring tests they have been doing to work out how deep the work will need to be - then they will know how long.

But that have promised that all residents and businesses whose only access is from the closed road will have their access at all times - though there might be some delays in getting access.  Watch out for signs giving you advance warning.