Work to boost active travel in Stockwood to start in November
Construction work, to make it safer to walk, wheel and cycle through Stockwood, is starting in November 2025, as part of the project to improve the number 2 bus route through Bristol.
Work includes:
- Creating a two-way separated cycle path on part of West Town Lane and Sturminster Road to link Whitchurch Way to Route 3 of the National Cycle Network
- Building a zebra crossing on West Town Lane
- Refurbishing a bus stop on Sturminster Road and moving a bus stop on West Town Lane
Building cycle paths that are separated from motor traffic is a key way we can encourage more people to choose to cycle, freeing up our roads, reducing pollution and bringing all the health-boosting benefits of travelling actively.
Councillor Ed Plowden, Chair of the Transport and Connectivity Committee
I’m pleased that work is starting to link up the cycle network in Stockwood, although I understand that roadworks are inconvenient at the time. I’d like to thank everyone for bearing with us as we head towards our ambition to create a sustainable transport network that responds to the needs of our city.
Construction work will be carried out in phases. There will be temporary traffic lights at various junctions, which is likely to lead to delays especially at peak times.
The number 2 and 2a buses, which travel along West Town Lane and Sturminster Road, will be impacted, as will the 36 and the 515 services that travel up West Town Lane.
A small section of Imperial Road will be closed at its junction with West Town Lane throughout the works to make space for the contractor’s site compound.
Towards the end of the 12-month build, there will be overnight road closures for around 10 nights for resurfacing works.
The work is set to cost around £2 million and is part of the council’s wider project to improve the 15-mile number 2 bus route that travels through Bristol from Henbury to Stockwood along the A37 and A4018. This project aims to make bus travel more reliable and active travel safer and more pleasant along a major transport corridor through the city.
As part of the same project, work will take place in phases in 2026 and early 2027 in Stockwood to add new pedestrian crossings at the Wells Road and West Town Lane junction; upgrade crossings in the area; and introduce 12-hour bus lanes on both sides of Wells Road between Whitecross Avenue and Wells Road’s junction with West Town Lane.
This work is being funded by the UK Government through the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement, secured by the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority.
We all want better, safer walking, wheeling and cycling routes for people’s everyday journeys. Working together with the local council, that is what this project in Stockwood will deliver.
Helen Godwin, the Mayor of the West of England
Active travel is an important part of how people get around, with real health benefits. It also cuts pollution, which we here in the West Country really care about.
Getting the basics right now by improving our walking and cycling infrastructure, and fixing our roads and bridges, will lay the foundations for a better transport system overall for our part of the world. We secured £752 million for that next stage in the Spending Review which means that the West can get out of the slow lane on transport and start to catch up with other city-regions.
