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.
The next phase of works to help improve the reliability of the number 1 bus service through Henbury, and make active travel safer, are due to begin on Passage Road on Monday 14 July 2025.
New proposals to extend the Y8 bus to connect local residents to more places and services in the wider region, have been backed by the new Mayor of the West of England, South Gloucestershire Council, and local campaigners.
Work to restore Bristol’s iconic bridges along the New Cut will take another step forward on Monday 14 July with the start of construction work to repair Bath New Bridge, part of Bath Bridges roundabout on the A4 Bath Road.
Local residents, businesses and community groups are being asked to help shape final plans to transform Worle High Street and surrounding areas into a vibrant and safer place to live, work and visit.
Essential works to improve the surface of key roads in North Somerset begins in July.
Newly refurbished Langton Street Bridge has reopened, restoring a vital link across the New Cut of the River Avon and securing the long-term future of the 142-year-old structure.
To celebrate Clean Air Day today (Thursday 19 June) residents are encouraged to utilise the council’s active travel support and reduce their journeys by car to help improve the quality of Bristol’s air.
