£100m south Bristol plan ‘will close gap on northern fringe’

December 8, 2011
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Bristol’s £100m transportation windfall will enable businesses in the south of the city to close the gap on Bristol’s thriving northern fringe, industrial landlords SEGRO claimed today. The surprise road and rapid transit package included in Chancellor George Osborne’s autumn statement will boost South Bristol’s road transport network speeding distribution times and giving struggling firms a much needed logistical boost

The plan provides for a new rapid transport bus link from Ashton Vale to Temple Meads crucially alongside a South Bristol link road running between Hengrove and Ashton Vale. SEGRO leasing manager Chris Davies, whose company owns and operates South Liberty Lane industrial estate in Ashton Vale, said: “The overwhelming logistical advantage offered by the transport network to the north of the city has attracted dozens of businesses but these exciting road schemes will speed distribution for firms south of the river. The big advantage South Bristol offers is a ready made workforce on the doorstep.  If we get the road links right it could become the business location of choice.”
 
The government will have to approve a planning application before work goes ahead and a public inquiry is also likely. But, all things being equal, work on the first £50m phase of the package for a bendy bus link is scheduled to start in June 2013 while preparations for the south Bristol road link are planned for 2014. In the meantime a public consultation will be held next March to look at the details of the schemes.

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