Filton Roundabout on the A38 in Bristol.

Filton Roundabout resurfacing work to take place overnight from 3rd May

South Gloucestershire Council is warning of overnight road closures to allow essential resurfacing work to be carried out at the A38 Filton Roundabout between Tuesday 3rd May and Friday 13th May. The work, which will involve removing the existing road surface and laying a new one, will start at approximately 8pm each day and run through the night until approximately 6am the following day.

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Launch of the Filton Flyer 555 bus service.

Filton Flyer community bus service to be axed after less than a year

A community bus service designed to benefit residents of Conygre Road and the wider Filton area is to be axed less than 12 months after it was launched with the aid of a £50,000 grant. The Filton Flyer 555 service, which began operating on Monday 9th December 2013, originally linked areas of Filton with Bristol Parkway Station, Southmead Hospital, South Gloucestershire & Stroud College

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Launch of the Filton Flyer 555 bus service.

Filton Flyer community bus service launched

Chairman of South Gloucestershire Council Cllr Ian Boulton, members of Southern Brooks Community Partnership and local residents gathered at the Bethany Hall in Filton on Friday (6th December) to launch a new community bus service, the Filton Flyer 555. The new service began yesterday (Monday 9th December) and will operate on a donations-only basis prior to its official start date

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Filton Roundabout on the A38 in Bristol.

Overnight diversions for next fortnight due to Filton Roundabout resurfacing work

South Gloucestershire Council is warning that overnight resurfacing work due to take place at the A38 Filton Roundabout for an estimated eleven nights from tomorrow (Monday 14th October) will “create a significant amount of noise”. The works will involve the planing off of the existing surface of the carriageway and the laying of a new surface. The work will start

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Unused bus shelter in Church Road, Filton, Bristol.

Government grant will bring bus service to Conygre ward

South Gloucestershire Council has announced that the Conygre ward of Filton is to get its own volunteer-run bus service, thanks to the award of a £50,000 government grant. The money, from the Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF), has been awarded to the Southern Brooks Community Partnership (SBCP), which will use it to purchase a low-floor minibus. The Conygre area has been without

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