• Final phase of junction 19 road works to start in September

  By Maritrini

  HOV are a waste of money and clog up already overcrowded roads...very few people with a car will get...

            

   

  By thepickler at 15:24 on 15/07/11

  

  THE final phase of a multi million pound scheme to improve traffic flow on Portishead's gridlocked motorway junction is to start in September. The work is the third and final phase of the scheme, which is costing £3million and is being carried out by North Somerset Council and the Highways Agency. The work carried out in the first phase included the refurbishment of the existing traffic lights, the replacement of crash...

• J19 - six sets of traffic lights in half a mile - madness?

  By limawhiskey

  Anyone know when the additional lights are being installed?

            

   

  By thepickler at 12:55 on 25/02/11

  

  MOTORISTS travelling out of Portbury will have to encounter SIX sets of traffic lights in less than half a mile as part of their journey from the village into Bristol. People travelling through the village will no longer be able to turn right from Portbury Lane onto the A369 towards Bristol as part of a £3 million package of improvements being carried out to the Portishead motorway roundabout. Currently there are two sets of...

• roundabout

  By LiveInHarmony

  Foxilady , agree with you, although I think the new roundabout works well. It needed something...

            

   

  By foxilady at 18:54 on 08/04/11

  

  Having lived in Portishead for a very short time I have watched with interest the ongoing debate about Cabstand.  I think the improvements are just that but the one thing that has always frustrated me about this area is not where the roundabout has been painted but further up where ( is it Nore Road?) joins Cabstand.  Cars coming down from there think they have the right of way and now, as there are pedestrian crossings...

• What Is It With Needing Traffic Lights At Every Junction ?

  By Maritrini

  A man that thinks as I do........that means there must be other s????? Fantastic...We do not need...

            

   

  By R_Lamoon at 00:06 on 01/03/11

  

  What is it with these so called traffic experts that they want to keep installing traffic lights as an integral part of so called traffic improvement schemes. I would have thought they would have learnt a lesson with the cab stand fiasco………but oh no! The new J19 multi-million pound scheme is set to have another 4 sets of lights added. By all means add extra lanes onto and off the roundabout but what is the...

• Congestion Plans For Portishead to Be Displayed

  By andyh2000

  Agree 100% with tubbits! You'll never get people to use the buses at the silly prices currently...

            

   

  By thepickler at 11:25 on 15/07/10

  

  MULTI million jam busting plans to ease congestion at Portishead's traffic clogged motorway roundabout are to go on display to the public. North Somerset Council is organising a series of drop in sessions over the next fortnight for people to have their say on the scheme. The authority is working in partnership with the Highways Agency to carry out a £3 million package of improvements at junction 19. It is hoped the...

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