• Business
  • Community
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Health and wellbeing
  • Blog
  • Subscribe
  • Contact
Search
  • Listen or translate
Sign in
Welcome! Log into your account
Forgot your password? Get help
Password recovery
Recover your password
A password will be e-mailed to you.
  • Business
  • Community
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Health and wellbeing
  • Blog
  • Subscribe
  • Contact
Home Newsroom Email Featured Bromley Heath Viaduct maintenance and improvement work gets green light
  • Newsroom Email Featured
  • Transport

Bromley Heath Viaduct maintenance and improvement work gets green light

By
Editor
-
18th January 2017
0
1700
Share on Facebook
Tweet on Twitter

Bromley Heath Viaduct will undergo a £5.9 million maintenance programme to strengthen the 1960s structure and provide improvements for cyclists and pedestrians.

South Gloucestershire Council’s Environment & Community Services Committee (on 18 January) decided on a way forward which includes essential bridge strengthening and road resurfacing of the Bromley Heath Viaduct on the A4174. The improvement works will be carried out west bound, between the Bromley Heath roundabout and the Hambrook / Bristol Road junction.

The viaduct is in need of maintenance work on: pier (support) strengthening, bearing and hinge replacement, drainage improvements, water proofing, parapet replacement, and concrete repairs.

After considering a range of options, councillors decided to begin the work in June/July this year for a maximum duration of one year, but with an aim to try to secure additional funding to accelerate the work programme and reduce the timescale. Both the essential maintenance of the viaduct structure and the improvements to widen the shared footpath for cyclists and pedestrians will be combined, which means that the total maximum time required on site would be one year rather than two.

Planning and transport lead member Cllr Colin Hunt said: “The coming years will see significant development across the area, so it’s vital that our major road network is able to cope with this increase in growth.
“We now have the opportunity to bring the viaduct up to standard and improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists at the same time, thanks to the financial support of the Challenge Fund and Cycling Ambition Fund. The schemes are funded from the Department for Transport and are time limited, so it is important that we have agreed a way forward today. The benefits of carrying out the work in this way are that it is achievable within the available funding, and it will reduce the impact on communities and commuters in the long run by completing the work as quickly as possible.”

Head of Streetcare and transport Mark King added: “The extent of the work requires the southern viaduct to be completely closed to all traffic for the duration of the project. This is because the removal of the worn out parts of the structure will mean it is too weak to safely carry any traffic until the maintenance is complete. During the closure, all traffic will be diverted on to the northern viaduct as other options would require a significant one to two mile diversion on to narrow roads.
“We appreciate that this is one of the busiest sections of the A4174 and understand that this will cause significant delays and inconvenience and we apologise in advance. We will be doing everything we can to keep the public regularly informed about the viaduct work and how to plan their journeys accordingly. We are also looking at the scheduling of current and future transport schemes, utility work and other roadworks to ensure disruption to road users and communities is kept to a minimum, wherever possible.”

For more information about the work schedule visit www.southglos.gov.uk/bhviaduct

By combining the work of the two projects into one scheme the cost of completing all of the work is around £5.9M. The work will be funded under two Department for Transport awards; the Challenge Fund and the Cycle Ambition Fund.

Although it is recognised that the impact of the work will be significant, combining these projects will create less disruption to the travelling public. It will also reduce social impacts of; noise from the works, congestion in communities from diverting traffic and pollution from diverting traffic reducing air quality. It should also result in less impact on the local economy by reducing the duration of traffic disruption and congestion caused.

View a video of the current state of the viaduct here https://vimeo.com/184502794

If you have any questions please contact us at bhviaduct@southglos.gov.uk

 

  • TAGS
  • roadworks
  • viaduct
SHARE
Facebook
Twitter
  • tweet
Previous articleTouring digital exhibition helps you ‘Know Your Place’
Next articleSouth Gloucestershire Council to keep Kingswood Civic Centre, tenant announced, some staff will relocate
Editor

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR

Big Lemon Bus

Threatened 84/85 bus service extended following council intervention

An image of a railway platform

South Wales and Western England leaders join forces to plan for the area’s future transport

Councillor Steve Reade, cabinet member responsible for transport, visiting the scheme at Coldharbour Lane

Flood risk on South Gloucestershire roads reduced after three years of resilience work

Recent Posts
  • Threatened 84/85 bus service extended following council intervention
  • New Chair and Vice Chair of South Gloucestershire Council elected
  • Liberal Democrat and Labour partnership, Leaders and Cabinet Members agreed at South Gloucestershire’s annual full Council meeting
  • Yate woman prosecuted following Chipping Sodbury fly-tip
  • Liberal Democrat and Labour groups on South Gloucestershire Council announce intention to work in partnership
Categories
  • Budget
  • Business and economy
  • Chair
  • Children and Young People
  • Climate and nature emergency
  • Community
  • Digital inclusion
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Featured
  • Featured
  • Health and wellbeing
  • Housing
  • Leader's blog
  • Newsroom Email
  • Newsroom Email Featured
  • Transport

EDITOR PICKS

South Gloucestershire Council 2021/2022 Budget

Recover and Rise Budget will take forward council priorities and provide...

11th February 2021
Vehicles queuing for community surge testing for Covid-19 variant in Emersons Green

An update on surge testing in Bristol and South Gloucestershire

10th February 2021
Covid-19 Get Tested - community surge testing available - A mutation of the Covid-19 UK variant is present in parts of Bristol and South Gloucestershire. Everyone aged 16 or over without symptoms in eligible postcodes should get tested to help suppress this variant, and help protect their loved ones.

Two additional testing sites to open for community surge testing

9th February 2021

POPULAR POSTS

Vehicles queuing for community surge testing for Covid-19 variant in Emersons Green

Additional Community Testing for South Gloucestershire and Bristol

6th February 2021
Covid-19: Get tested community surge testing available

Collect and Drop Surge Testing Service Launches

8th February 2021
Covid-19 Community surge testing

Further surge testing announced in South Gloucestershire

28th February 2021

POPULAR CATEGORY

  • Newsroom Email679
  • Community368
  • Environment224
  • Health and wellbeing188
  • Transport155
  • Business and economy135
  • Education133
  • Newsroom Email Featured47
  • Climate and nature emergency25
ABOUT US
FOLLOW US
©