Update on roadworks at Shire Way / Rodford Way / Sundridge Park junction

LATEST UPDATE - Closure will now be 9 am to 5 pm, not 4 pm.

As we reported the other day, there will be work at this junction to improve safety on this dangerous junction. We now have more details. The work is scheduled for Monday 13th to Wednesday 15th June, but if all goes to plan they will finish by the end of Tuesday.

The road closures will be from 9 am to approximately 4 pm each day. The Shire Way side of the junction will be tackled on Monday, and if there are no holdups they will move on to the Sundridge Park side on Tuesday. The work affects the Rodford Way carriageways as well, not just the Shire Way and Sundridge Park entrances, so to be safe you should assume that you won't be able to go along that stretch of Rodford Way either.

South Glos have been in touch with the bus companies. First Bus are planning to divert services from 9 am until 4pm on Monday and Tuesday, plus Wednesday if the roadworks are not complete. They will publish their diversions online on Thursday - presumably on their "current issues" web page - and South Glos will put notices on all the bus stops as soon as they know the diversion route. Wessex have also been told because their 620 service runs along Rodford Way.

Road works around Shire Way and Rodford Way

Lots of road works and road closures are coming up:

Today (Monday 6 June) - three-way traffic lights between the Shire Way mini-roundabout and the Nibley Lane junction to complete the isolated section of cycle/pedestrian path. This will look more sensible in a year or so when the rest of the link from Yate to the Bristol/Bath Railway Path is completed (at the moment it only links from Westerleigh)

Next week (w/c 13 June) - major work on the Shire Way / Rodford Way junction to improve safety on this dangerous junction. The northern end of Shire Way will be blocked off for a few days during the work, so there will be quite a long diversion route.

This will be followed by similar work on the Sundridge Park / Rodford Way junction, and another road closure.

Summer holidays - resurfacing the three sections of road leading up to the Shire Way mini-roundabout, particularly under the railway bridge. The part of Westerleigh Road next to the roundabout, the road under the railway bridge and that end of Shire Way will all be closed for a few days.