South Gloucestershire Council - Temporary Road Closures - A38 Flyover

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Jun 30
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Please find details below from South Glos Council regarding temporary road closures in connection with essential maintenance works on the A38 flyover.

Full closure of the A38 flyover – 07/07/2025 8PM – 08/07/2025 6AM (1 night)

Closure of movements under the A38 flyover as per attached plan – 07/07/2025 8PM – 09/07/2025 6AM (2 nights)

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNCIL

(Gloucester Road North, Filton) (Temporary Prohibition of Use by Vehicles) (Temporary Prohibition of Right and Left Turns) (Temporary Prohibition of Waiting) Order 2024

Notice is hereby given that South Gloucestershire District Council in pursuance of the provisions of section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as amended has made an order the effect of which has:-

a) closed, temporarily, to vehicles the lengths of road specified in Schedule 1 to this notice;

b) prohibited, temporarily, any vehicle proceeding in the road specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this notice from making a right turn into the road specified in relation to that road in column 2 of the said Schedule;

c) prohibited, temporarily, any vehicle proceeding in the road specified in column 1 of Schedule 3 to this notice from making a left turn into the road specified in relation to that road in column 2 of the said Schedule; and

d) prohibited, temporarily, any vehicle waiting at any time in the length of road specified in Schedule 4 to this notice.

This order was required for the following reason: in connection with the likelihood of danger to the public consequent upon retaining wall concrete repair works and A38 flyover expansion joint, maintenance and resurfacing works on or adjacent to the highway. The order became operative from 28 October 2024 for a maximum period of eighteen months. The restrictions however may not be implemented for the whole of the period but only when traffic signs are in position and only for so long as is necessitated by the works which are anticipated to be of 12 months duration. For alternative routes see Schedule 5.

SCHEDULE 1 - Closures

Gloucester Road North, Filton - southbound on slip road for its entire length.
Gloucester Road, Patchway - northbound on slip road for its entire length
A38 Gloucester Road North and A38 Gloucester Road, Patchway - that length of the flyover which extends from its junction with Hayes Way to its junction with Northway

SCHEDULE 2 - Prohibition of Right Turns

Column 1	Column 2
Northbound exit slip road under flyover	Gloucester Road, Patchway (*)
Southbound exit slip road under flyover	Gloucester Road, Patchway (**)
Gipsy Patch Lane (northbound)	Gloucester Road northbound slip road (**)