Bristol - Multiple Traffic Notices

CITY OF BRISTOL

(VARIOUS ROADS, CITY CENTRE, BRISTOL) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF USE BY VEHICLES)
(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF USE BY EXEMPT VEHICLES) (TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF CYCLE LANE) (TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF ONE WAY TRAFFIC) (TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF PROHIBITION OF RIGHT TURN) ORDER 2026

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 intend to make an Order the effect of which will be:

1. to close, temporarily, to vehicles the lengths of roads specified in Schedule 1 to this Notice;

2. to close, temporarily, to vehicles exempted from the existing prohibition of driving in Lower Maudlin Street, the lengths of road specified in Schedule 2 to this Notice;

3. to suspend, temporarily, when appropriate signs are covered, that length of cycle lane specified in Schedule 3 to this Notice;

4. to suspend, temporarily, when appropriate signs are covered:-

(a) the existing one way traffic working in:-

(i) a north westerly direction in Lower Maudlin Street;
(ii) a south easterly direction in Penn Street;
(iii) a generally north easterly, then south easterly direction in The Horsefair; and
(iv) a south easterly, then southerly direction in Whitson Street;

(b) the existing reserved bus lane working in a westerly direction in Union Street; and

(c) the existing prohibition of right turn from Colston Avenue into Christmas Street – so as to give effect to the alternative routes and allow access and egress for vehicles.

Note: Bus access will be maintained for Marlborough Street in Phase 8 of Schedule 1 to this Notice. Limited access will be maintained where possible by onsite marshals for Phases 5, 8 (Marlborough Street only) and 9 of Schedule 1 to this Notice.

The Order is required because works are being or are proposed to be executed on or near the roads and will be operative from 20th July 2026 for a maximum period of 18 months. However, the restrictions may not be implemented for the whole of the period, but only as necessitated by the works (which are anticipated to take place in 9 consecutive phases between 20th July 2026 and 31st March 2027).

In addition, the closure of lengths of roads specified in Schedule 1 to this Notice which also provide part of an alternative route (as specified in Schedule 4 to this Notice) will be managed so as to allow the provision of the alternative routes whilst facilitating the works programme.

ALTERNATIVE ROUTES: see Schedule 4

SCHEDULE 1 – Temporary Prohibition of Use by Vehicles

Phase 1.
1. The Horsefair – from Union Street to Whippington Court

Phase 3.
2. Lewins Mead – from Christmas Street to The Haymarket

3. Lower Maudlin Street – from Deep Street to its junctions with Lewins Mead and The Haymarket

Phase 5.
4. Lower Maudlin Street – from its junctions with Lewins Mead and The Haymarket to Upper Maudlin Street

5. Whitson Street – from 55 metres south east of Earl Street to Lower Maudlin Street

6. Deep Street – from Lower Maudlin Street south westwards for 21 metres

Phase 6.
7. Dighton Street – from Marlborough Street to Montague Street

8. Whitson Street – from Earl Street to Marlborough Street

Phase 7.
9. Earl Street – from Marlborough Street south westwards for 26 metres
10. Dighton Street – from Marlborough Street to Montague Street

Phase 8.
11. Marlborough Street – westbound carriageway: from St. James Barton Roundabout to Dighton Street
12. Dighton Street – from Marlborough Street to Montague Street

Phase 9.
13. Cannon Street – from Marlborough Street to its closed end

SCHEDULE 2 – Temporary Prohibition of Use by Exempt Vehicles
Phase 2.

14. Lower Maudlin Street – (a) south eastbound carriageway: the offside lane between the traffic islands from the northwestern kerbline of Lewins Mead north westwards for 16 metres

(b) from the south eastern kerbline of Lewins Mead to Bridewell Street

SCHEDULE 3 – Temporary Suspension of Cycle Lane
Phase 4.
15. Lower Maudlin Street – from Upper Maudlin Street to Whitson Street

SCHEDULE 4 – Alternative Routes
1. Union Street, Bridewell Street, Rupert Street, St. Johns Bridge, Lewins Mead, The Haymarket, St. James Barton Roundabout, Bond Street, Newfoundland Circus, Bond Street South, Old Market Street Roundabout, Old Market Street, Lower Castle Street, Penn Street, The Horsefair (part unaffected)

2. Christmas Street, Nelson Street, 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, Marlborough Street, St. James Barton Roundabout

3. north westbound: Lewins Mead (part unaffected), The Haymarket, St. James Barton Roundabout, Marlborough Street, Earl Street, Whitson Street, Lower Maudlin Street (part unaffected) south eastbound: Lower Maudlin Street (part unaffected), 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 (part unaffected)

4. & 5. north westbound: Lewins Mead, The Haymarket, St. James Barton Roundabout, Marlborough Street, (Whitson Street (part unaffected)), Upper Maudlin Street south eastbound: Marlborough Street, (Whitson Street (part unaffected)), St. James Barton Roundabout, The Haymarket, Bridewell Street, Rupert Street, St. Johns Bridge, Lewins Mead

6. None available 7. & 10. northbound: Marlborough Street, St. James Barton Roundabout, North Street, Stokes Croft, King Square Avenue, Dighton Street (part unaffected) southbound: Montague Street, Charles Street, Marlborough Street, St. James Barton Roundabout, Marlborough Street

8. Marlborough Street, 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, Earl Street

9. north eastbound: Earl Street (part unaffected), Whitson Street, Lower Maudlin Street, The Haymarket, St. James Barton Roundabout, Marlborough Street south westbound: Marlborough Street, Whitson Street, Earl Street (part unaffected)

11. 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, Marlborough Street (part unaffected)

12. northbound: Marlborough Street, St. James Barton Roundabout, North Street, Stokes Croft, King Square Avenue, Dighton Street (part unaffected) southbound: Montague Street, Charles 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, Perry Road, Upper Maudlin Street, Marlborough Street (part unaffected)

13. None available

14. Lower Maudlin Street (part unaffected), The Haymarket, St. James Barton Roundabout, The Haymarket, Bridewell Street

15. Marlborough Street, St. James Barton Roundabout, The Haymarket, Bridewell Street, Rupert Street, St. Johns Bridge, Lewins Mead, Lower Maudlin Street (part unaffected)

P. MELLOR, Director: Management of Place. Highways Service (100TS), PO Box 3399, Bristol, BS1 9NE