Highways Update

South Gloucestershire Council - 17th April 2025

Welcome to your Highways Update. You can find information about all roadworks taking place in South Gloucestershire on the one.network website.

A38 and Alveston Hill improvements

Computer generated image of the A38, showing the new road layout with people walking and cycling along a shared use path and cars and a bus on the road.

Work is underway on improvements along the A38 near Thornbury and at Alveston Hill.

There are overnight road closures along the A38 at Alveston, Rudgeway and Hortham.

In addition to this from now until late Winter 2025 the turning to Alveston Hill from A38 will be closed.

Traffic can still leave Alveston Hill onto the A38 as normal.

The diversion is via Grovesend Road, Midland Way and back to Alveston Hill and vice versa.

Find out more including bus information

A38 flyover

Concrete flyover against a bright blue sky. An ambulance is waiting at the traffic lights.

Essential maintenance work on the A38 Flyover will start at the end of May 2025 and is scheduled to be completed in December.

Several major components of the bridge are nearing the end of their design life and the seven-month project will include replacing the bearings and the north deck expansion joint.

These maintenance works are essential to avoid weight restrictions or potential carriageway closures in the future.

In order to replace the bridge deck bearings, there will be some short-term restrictions under the flyover.

Northbound/Southbound slip: the lanes will be reduced to one lane between end of May to August 2025.

There will also to be six overnight closure of the flyover in June, August, September and October.

Unfortunately, it is necessary to fully close the A38, over the flyover, to traffic so essential works to the north expansion joint can take place from July 2025 until August 2025.

Signed diversions will be in place and we apologise for any inconvenience these works may cause.

Find out more about the maintenance work

M4 overbridge demolished

Looking down into the cab of the crane being used in the demolition of the bridge. The numbers 1966 are superimposed over the image.

On 21-24 March, National Highways demolished the M4 overbridge on the A432.

This was following a decision to close the bridge as a result of deterioration identified during a regular inspection.

National Highways will now begin the ground works ready to replace the bridge.

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Find out more on the National Highways website

Bradley Stoke Way

As part of Bradley Stoke Way traffic improvements there are important updates about road closures on Webbs Wood Roundabout and Baileys Court Roundabout.

Until 20 April:

Southbound exit from Webbs Wood Road and northbound exit from Baileys Court Road closed.

Overnight closures on 20 April:

Full closure of Webbs Wood Road (south side) and Baileys Court Road (north side) from 8pm to 6am.

From 21 April:

Webbs Wood Roundabout: Exit onto Webbs Wood Road reopens; entry from Webbs Wood Road closes. Diversion via Webbs Wood Road, Baileys Court Road, Savages Wood Road, and Bradley Stoke Way. Closure expected for 6 weeks.
Baileys Court Roundabout: Exit onto Baileys Court Road reopens; entry from Baileys Court Road closes. Diversion via Baileys Court Road, Webbs Wood Road, and Bradley Stoke Way. Closure expected for 6 weeks.

View diversion maps, updates and more information

A4174 improvements

A green cycle track, with a person on a bicycle, runs alongside the road.

The footway alongside the A4174 between Bristol Road, Hambrook and Coldharbour Lane, Stoke Gifford will be closed in both directions until Winter 2025/26. The diversion for non-motorised users is via Bristol Road and Filton Road.

The 2+ lane on this section will also be closed westbound until Winter 2025 so the work to widen the existing infrastructure can take place. This is to create narrow lanes so work can begin on the new cycle track, which is part of the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS) programme - a £5.7 billion government investment in local transport networks.

The CRSTS scheme forms part of our objectives to give people more transport options and promote more carbon neutral transport links to help reduce the effects of climate change.

Find out more about the Ring Road improvements

Henfield Road drainage works

We have brought in a drainage investigation team to jet the pipes to remove any blockages and use CCTV to help stop flooding at Henfield Road.

A survey has been carried out using images from the cameras to inform us of the next steps needed to resolve any further flooding issues on this route.

Charfield train station

A wooden fence runs along the edge of a tarmac area that has been cleared of undergrowth.

Enabling works for construction of the new Charfield station started in February and is due to complete in July 2025.

This includes:

work on the realignment of Little Bristol Lane to allow for future station construction
preparation of the proposed station forecourt as a temporary compound for rail works
improving track drainage and realignment of trackside cabling
installing temporary fencing
tree and vegetation clearance

Find out more about Charfield train station

Sedum planting in Hanham

Find out about our work on the slip road along Leisure Road, Hanham, which has been planted with a new layer of Sedum to help reduce our maintenance, carbon footprint and keep the area green.

Off-street parking charges scheme for South Gloucestershire

Looking down on the top floor of the Kings Chase car park in Kingswood, where four cars are parked in parking bays.

Preparatory work is underway in council-owned car parks ahead of the introduction of off-street parking charges, which are expected to come into effect this spring.

The scheme will include elements of free parking, with the first hour in a short-stay space costing just 70p.

Ahead of the scheme’s launch, updated FAQs and further details on how the scheme will work, including a list of car parks that will be affected are available on our council car parks webpage.

Find out more about future charges in our FAQ

Hambrook Lane drainage works

New LED technology has been used to improve the drainage system along Hambrook Lane without needing to dig up the road.

Specialist contractor Glanvilles used the method to cure or harden pipe liners – like a long sock - which then inflate and seal any cracks in the old pipework.

Webbs Wood footbridge

Two people in high-viz clothing working on the footbridge. There are four orange traffic cones on the bridge which has sections of anti-slip sheets removed to show the timber planks underneath.

Our StreetCare teams have carried out an emergency closure of Webbs Wood footbridge, Bradley Stoke for safety reasons.

The crew inspected it and after removing the anti-slip sheets that were on top of the bridge, it was discovered that the timber was rotten and not safe to be in use.

We will be looking at possible ways forward over the next few days.

Apologies for any inconvenience caused by this closure.

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