Bristol - Multiple Road Closures
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CITY OF BRISTOL
(SOMERSET SQUARE, REDCLIFF, BRISTOL) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF USE BY VEHICLES) (TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF ONE WAY TRAFFIC) ORDER 2024
NOTICE is hereby given that the City Council of Bristol in pursuance of the provisions of section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as amended have made an Order the effect of which is:
1. to close, temporarily, to vehicles those lengths of Somerset Square as specified in the Schedule to this Notice; and
2. to suspend, temporarily, when appropriate signs are covered, the existing one way traffic working in a clockwise direction in Somerset Square so as to give effect to the alternative route as a consequence of item 1. above.
The Order was required because works are being or are proposed to be executed on or near the road and becomes operative from 14th May 2024 for a maximum period of eighteen months.
However, the restrictions may not be implemented for the whole of the period, but only when traffic signs are in position as necessitated by the works. (It is anticipated that the works will occur in 3 phases and will be of between 2 and 3 weeks duration for each phased closure within the period between 14th May 2024 and 11th November 2024).
ALTERNATIVE ROUTE: Somerset Square (part unaffected), Prewett Street, Somerset Square (part unaffected) and vice versa
SCHEDULE – Temporary Prohibition of Use by Vehicles
Phase 1 – from a point 44 metres south east of its easternmost junction with Prewett Street south eastwards for 19 metres
Phase 2 – from a point 62 metres south east of its easternmost junction with
Prewett Street generally south westwards for 50 metres
Phase 3 – from a point 33 metres south east of its westernmost junction with Prewett Street south eastwards for 22 metres
(SHIP LANE, REDCLIFF, BRISTOL) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF USE BY VEHICLES) ORDER 2024
NOTICE is hereby given that the City Council of Bristol in pursuance of the provisions of section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as amended have made an Order the effect of which is to close, temporarily, to vehicles that length of Ship Lane which extends from a point 24 metres south of Prewett Street southwards for 18 metres.
The Order was required because works are being or are proposed to be executed on or near the road and becomes operative from 14th May 2024 for a maximum period of eighteen months. However, the closure may not be implemented for the whole of the period, but only as necessitated by the works (which are anticipated to take place between 14th May 2024 and 2nd December 2024).
ALTERNATIVE ROUTE:
northbound: Ship Lane (part unaffected), Burton Close, Clarence Road, Bedminster Bridge Roundabout, Redcliff Hill, Redcliffe Way, Redcliff Hill, Prewett Street, Ship Lane (part unaffected), southbound: Ship Lane (part unaffected), Prewett Street, Redcliff Hill, Bedminster Bridge Roundabout, Clarence Road, Burton Close, Ship Lane (part unaffected),
(PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY 400 (LANGTON STREET BRIDGE), REDCLIFF, BRISTOL) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF USE BY FOOT PASSENGERS) ORDER 2024
NOTICE is hereby given that the City Council of Bristol in pursuance of the provisions of section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as amended have made an Order the effect of which is to close, temporarily, to pedestrians the entire length of Public Right of Way 400, incorporating Langton Street Bridge which extends from Clarence Road to York Road, including the approach steps.
The Order was required because bridge structural refurbishment works are being or are proposed to be executed on or near the public right of way and becomes operative from 13th May 2024 for a maximum period of six months (subject to necessary extension).
ALTERNATIVE ROUTE: Clarence Road, Bath Bridge Roundabout, York Road and vice versa (VARIOUS ROADS, CITY CENTRE AND KINGSDOWN, BRISTOL) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF USE BY VEHICLES) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF RIGHT TURN) (TEMPORARY ONE WAY TRAFFIC) (TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF ONE WAY) (TEMPORARY USE OF RESERVED BUS LANE) ORDER 2024
NOTICE is hereby given that the City Council of Bristol in pursuance of the provisions of section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as amended have made an Order the effect of which is:
1. to close, temporarily, to vehicles the lengths of roads as specified in Schedule 1 to this Notice;
2. to prohibit, temporarily, any vehicle proceeding in the road specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Notice, from making a right turn into the road specified in column 2 of the said Schedule;
3. to introduce, temporarily, one way traffic working in the lengths of roads specified in column 1 of Schedule 3 to this Notice, in the directions indicated in relation to those lengths of roads in column 2 of the said Schedule;
4. to suspend, temporarily, when appropriate signs are covered, the existing one way traffic working in a north westerly direction in Lower Maudlin Street so as to allow access and egress for works vehicles; and
5. to permit, temporarily, HGVs to use the south eastbound reserved bus lane in operation in Colston Street, between Pipe Lane and Colston Avenue, so as to give effect to the item 4. and item 11. alternative routes for HGVs (see Schedule 5) as a consequence of item 1. above.
Exemption will be provided in the Order for vehicles requiring necessary access to premises situated on, adjacent to or accessible only from the closed lengths of roads (see Schedule 1), where possible.
In addition, the restrictions of lengths of roads specified in Schedule 1 and Schedule 3 to this Notice which also provide part of an alternative route (as specified in Schedule 5 to this Notice) will be managed so as to allow the provision of the alternative routes whilst facilitating the works programme.
The Order was required because works are being or are proposed to be executed on or near the roads and becomes operative from 6th May 2024 for a maximum period of eighteen months. However, the restrictions may not be implemented for the whole of the period, but only as necessitated by the works (please see Schedule 4 below for more details regarding durations).
ALTERNATIVE ROUTES: See Schedule 5
SCHEDULE 1 – Temporary Prohibition of Use by Vehicles
1. Colston Street – from Pipe Lane to Upper Maudlin Street
2. Lower Church Lane – from Old Park Hill to St. Michaels Hill
3. Lower Maudlin Street – from Whitson Street to Upper Maudlin Street
4. Lower Park Row – from Colston Street to Park Row/Perry Road
5. Marlborough Street – from Dighton Street to Upper Maudlin Street
6. Park Row – from Perry Road to Queens Road
7. Perry Road – from Park Row to Upper Maudlin Street
8. St. Michaels Hill – from Horfield Road to Perry Road/Upper Maudlin Street
9. Upper Maudlin Street – from Lower Maudlin Street to Perry Road
SCHEDULE 2 – Temporary Prohibition of Right Turn
Column 1 Column 2
10. Upper Maudlin Street Vehicular entrance into the Bristol Royal Infirmary hospital
SCHEDULE 3 – Temporary One Way Traffic
Column 1 Column 2
11. Colston Street, from Upper Maudlin Street to Lower Park Row from north to south
12. Lower Park Row, from Colston Street to Park Row/Perry Road from north east to south west
13. St. Michaels Hill, from Perry Road/Upper Maudlin Street to Horfield Road from south east to north west
SCHEDULE 4 – Durations
1. between 3rd July 2024 and 9th July 2024, then between 19th September 2024 and 27th September 2024, followed by approximately 1 to 2 nights for resurfacing works
2. between 24th June 2024 and 7th January 2025
3. between 9th May 2024 and 31st May 2024, followed by approximately 1 to 2 nights for resurfacing works
4. between 27th September 2024 and 14th October 2024, followed by approximately 1 to 2 nights for resurfacing works
5. for approximately 1 to 2 nights for resurfacing works
6. for approximately 1 to 2 nights for resurfacing works
7. for approximately 1 to 2 nights for resurfacing works
8. between 24th June 2024 and 1st July 2024, followed by approximately 1 to 2 nights for resurfacing works
9. for approximately 1 to 2 nights for resurfacing works
10. between 6th May 2024 and 10th May 2024, then between 5th December 2024 and 6th January 2025
11. between 1st July 2024 and 17th January 2025
12. between 27th September 2024 and 17th January 2025
13. between 24th June 2024 and 10th December 2024
SCHEDULE 5 – Alternative Routes
1. northbound: Pipe Lane, Frogmore Street, Frog Lane, St. Georges Road, Jacobs Wells Roundabout, Jacobs Wells Road, Berkeley Place, Triangle West, Queens Road, Park Row, Perry Road, Upper Maudlin Street southbound: Upper Maudlin Street, Perry Road, Park Row, Queens Road, Triangle South, Berkeley Place, Jacobs Wells Road, Jacobs Wells Roundabout, St. Georges Road, Frog Lane, Frogmore Street, Pipe Lane
2. St. Michaels Hill, Tyndalls Park Road, Woodland Road, Park Row, Perry Road, Lower Church Lane (part unaffected) and vice versa
3. Lower Maudlin Street (part unaffected), The Haymarket, St. James Barton Roundabout, Marlborough Street
4. Vehicles except HGVs north eastbound: Perry Road, Park Row, Queens Road, Triangle South, Triangle West, Queens Road, Park Row, Perry Road, Upper Maudlin Street, Marlborough Street, St. James Barton Roundabout, Marlborough Street, Upper Maudlin Street, Colston Street Vehicles except HGVs south westbound:Colston Street, Pipe Lane, Frogmore Street, Frog Lane, St. Georges Road, Jacobs Wells Roundabout, Jacobs Wells Road, Berkeley Place, Triangle West, Queens Road, Park Row, Perry Road
HGVs only north eastbound: Perry Road, Park Row, Queens Road, Triangle South, Triangle West, Queens Road, Park Row, Perry Road, Upper Maudlin Street, Marlborough Street, St. James Barton Roundabout, Marlborough Street, Upper Maudlin Street, Colston Street
HGVs only south westbound:Colston Street, Colston Avenue, Lewins Mead, The Haymarket, St. James Barton Roundabout, Marlborough Street, Upper Maudlin Street, Perry Road
5. north eastbound: Upper Maudlin Street, Perry Road, Park Row, Queens Road, Triangle South, Triangle West, Queens Road, Park Street, College Green, St. Augustines Parade, Colston Avenue, Lewins Mead, The Haymarket, St. James Barton Roundabout, Marlborough Street (part unaffected) south westbound:Marlborough Street (part unaffected), St. James Barton Roundabout, The Haymarket, Bridewell Street, Rupert Street, Colston Avenue, St. Augustines Parade, College Green, Park Street, Queens Road, Triangle South, Triangle West, Queens Road, Park Row, Perry Road, Upper Maudlin Street
6. westbound: Perry Road, Upper Maudlin Street, Marlborough Street, St. James Barton Roundabout, The Haymarket, Bridewell Street, Rupert Street, Colston Avenue, St. Augustines Parade, College Green, Park Street, Queens Road, Triangle South, Triangle West, Queens Road eastbound: Queens Road, Triangle South, Triangle West, Queens Road, Park Street, College Green, St. Augustines Parade, Colston Avenue, Lewins Mead, The Haymarket, St. James Barton Roundabout, Marlborough Street, Upper Maudlin Street, Perry Road
7. north eastbound: Park Row, Queens Road, Triangle South, Triangle West, Queens Road, Park Street, College Green, St. Augustines Parade, Colston Avenue, Lewins Mead, The Haymarket, St. James Barton Roundabout, Marlborough Street, Upper Maudlin Street south westbound:Upper Maudlin Street, Marlborough Street, St. James Barton Roundabout, The Haymarket, Bridewell Street, Rupert Street, Colston Avenue, St. Augustines Parade, College Green, Park Street, Queens Road, Triangle South, Triangle West, Queens Road, Park Row
8. northbound: Perry Road, Park Row, Queens Road, Triangle South, Triangle West, Queens Road, St. Pauls Road, Tyndalls Park Road, St. Michaels Hill (part unaffected) southbound: St. Michaels Hill (part unaffected), Tyndalls Park Road, St. Pauls Road, Queens Road, Park Row, Perry Road
9. north eastbound: Perry Road, Park Row, Queens Road, Triangle South, Triangle West, Queens Road, Park Street, College Green, St. Augustines Parade, Colston Avenue, Lewins Mead, The Haymarket, St. James Barton Roundabout, Marlborough Street south westbound:Marlborough Street, St. James Barton Roundabout, The Haymarket, Bridewell Street, Rupert Street, Colston Avenue, St. Augustines Parade, College Green, Park Street, Queens Road, Triangle South, Triangle West, Queens Road, Park Row, Perry Road
10. Upper Maudlin Street, Perry Road, Park Row, Queens Road, Triangle South, Triangle West, Queens Road, Park Row, Perry Road, Upper Maudlin Street
11. Vehicles except HGVs: Colston Street (part unaffected), Pipe Lane, Frogmore Street, Frog Lane, St. Georges Road, Jacobs Wells Roundabout, Jacobs Wells Road, Berkeley Place, Triangle West, Queens Road, Park Row, Perry Road, Upper Maudlin Street
HGVs only: Colston Street (part unaffected), Colston Avenue, Lewins Mead, The Haymarket, St. James Barton Roundabout, Marlborough Street, Upper Maudlin Street
12. Perry Road, Upper Maudlin Street, Marlborough Street, St. James Barton Roundabout, Marlborough Street, Upper Maudlin Street, Colston Street 13. St Michael’s Hill (part unaffected), Tyndalls Park Road, St. Pauls Road, Queens Road, Park Row, Perry Road
P. MELLOR, Director: Management of Place, Highways Service (100TS), PO Box 3399, Bristol, BS1 9NE
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