The West of England Mayoral Combined Authority Committee, chaired by Mayor Dan Norris, approved work to move forward with developing plans for segregated rapid transport that go alongside the improvements to bus and rail travel that his Mayoral Combined Authority is already delivering.
Providing a new and separate transport system will ensure a more reliable service that gives the variety of transport options to meet the needs of different communities. It will also reduce the congestion in the urban areas of the region and improve the local economy and environment.
As Mayor I’ve been focused on how to make public transport better for all our residents here and now. But we also need to plan for the long term and it’s clear that our region needs a new transport system if we’re going to compete with London, Manchester, Nottingham, and Leeds.
Metro Mayor Dan Norris, in welcoming the Committee’s decision
I’m pleased that we’ve taken this step forward to delivering that system. With the level of investment required, it’s vital that we get this right and make the case to national Government that we have a plan that will work and deliver value for money.
I look forward to considering the options the report comes back with in due course.
A report on the options available is expected to be presented to the Mayoral Combined Authority in September.
Residents in Temple Cloud are being asked to share their views on proposals to reduce the speed of traffic through the village and encourage active travel.
North Somerset Council is inviting everyone who lives, works, or studies in, or regularly visits the area to take part in a new Transport and Travel Survey this summer.
Helen Godwin, the new Mayor of the West of England, has today joined a coalition of eleven of England’s regional Mayors to sign up to an ambitious joint statement pledging to create a new national walking, wheeling and cycling network, enabling millions more happy, healthy and green journeys.
Bath & North East Somerset Council is proposing to make permanent a through traffic restriction in Sydney Road, Bath following a six-month experimental trial.
Construction work, to prevent flooding and improve walking and cycling routes on a stretch of Whiteladies Road between its junctions with Tyndalls Park Road/St Pauls Road and Queens Road, will start on Monday 14 July 2025.
