The section of Filton Avenue north of the Avon Ring Road will lose its only bus service in less than two months time according to a statement made by Wessex Connect today. The bus operator has announced its intention to withdraw the U8 Bradley Stoke to Bristol service with effect from Sunday 20th May. The service is currently the only
Continue readingMonth: March 2012
Council votes to charge for boules and cycle speedway
Filton Town Council has voted to introduce charges for the boules court and cycle speedway track in Elm Park, reports the Bristol Evening Post. An extraordinary meeting of the Council, held half-an-hour before last night’s scheduled regular meeting, considered a proposal from Cllr Teml that users of the boules court be charged £2.50 per person, with £3 per person being
Continue readingCouncils win Government cash to improve A38 bus services
Bus services on the A38 Filton Road are set to benefit from a share of a £5 million Government grant awarded to the Greater Bristol area today. The West of England Partnership has been given £4,986,000 to fund a set of schemes intended to boost growth, improve partnerships with bus companies and increase bus passenger numbers. Some of the money
Continue readingOlympic Torch to visit Filton in May
The London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay is to visit a small part of Filton as part of its 70-day national tour. On Wednesday 23rd May, the torch will be carried between Bristol and Chippenham and Filton residents will have a chance to cheer it on as it covers a short stretch of Southmead Road. The torch is due to pass
Continue readingGreen light for new Asda store at Abbey Wood Retail Park
The opening of an Asda food store at Filton’s Abbey Wood Retail Park has moved a step closer after South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) granted planning permission for a redevelopment of part of the site. The approved plans involve demolishing the ‘southern terrace’ of units (previously occupied by Woolworths and T.J. Hughes) and replacing it with a 5,007sqm Asda foodstore and
Continue readingFilton engineers blamed for A380 wing cracks
Engineers at the Airbus design centre in Filton are being blamed for the “grounding” of all 69 A380 aircraft currently in service. A report in today’s Daily Mail says Airbus has now traced the cause of small cracks developing on the wings of some of the £250million double-decker A380s to a small component engineered in Filton. The manufacturer has been
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