Package of improvements

THE plans are part of a wider package of improvements to the ring road proposed in the West of England Joint Local Transport Plan.

The plans include Siston Hill, Deanery Road and Kingsfield junctions becoming throughabouts, designed to improve traffic flows at junctions where most vehicles are travelling straight ahead.

Lyde Green roundabout will have the Westerleigh Road approach widened to three lanes from the Bristol and Bath Science Park while the southbound carriageway will be extended into the central reservation.

The road space around the junction will be increased to provide at least three lanes at all points, except for a four-lane section next to the Westerleigh Lane bus link, which will have a sensor to see buses as they approach and assist them joining the roundabout. The pedestrian and cycle crossing will be improved.

The Rosary (aka Emersons Green) roundabout will be converted to a fully signal controlled roundabout and widened at each approach on the

A4174 to provide four entry lanes.

The existing pedestrian and cycle ‘toucan’ crossing points will be retained and modified.

New links between the current cycle and pedestrian networks will be installed to the metrobus stop in Emerson Way.

Siston Hill roundabout in Mangotsfield will be converted to a signal controlled throughabout, with three lanes in both directions of the ring road, while the side roads’ capacity will be increased.

Another two lanes will be for traffic turning off the A4174 both east and west.

The pedestrian crossing and access steps to the north of the junction will be removed for safety reasons. The laybys on both sides of the ring road will be lost as they become part of the widened carriageway.

Deanery Road roundabout at Warmley will become a signal controlled throughabout with the A4174 widened to three ahead lanes and an additional lane for those accessing the A420.