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BBC News
4 days ago
- Automotive
- BBC News
Parents say children are 'dodging cars' as car park remains shut
Parents who drop their children off at a football club say it is "frustrating" they are unable to use a car park a year after it was Jaguars are being forced to "dodge cars" when their parents drop them off in Bishops Cleeve, a coach access the car park, parents would have to drive over a verge belonging to Gloucestershire County Council (GCC), which asked Bishops Cleeve Parish Council to complete a surface specification to ensure heavy goods vehicles could access the car specification has now been completed, and the car park is due to open in late October, the parish council said. Gotherington Jaguars play on an astroturf pitch every Saturday, next to the new car officials and families of the 160 players were using it for a time but the access gate was then are parking along Kayte Lane and crossing the road to take their children to football. Katrin Perkins, who takes her daughter to the club, said: "It's very frustrating that we've got this lovely car park with a lot of spaces that we can't use. It doesn't feel very safe on the road." GCC has been accused of "ridiculous" bureaucracy by Lauren, a coach at Gotherington Jaguars."We've got girls as young as four coming to play football, it's worse dodging cars than the footballs," she said."It's for the safety of the people who've paid the council tax to use it."While there is a car park on Cheltenham Road, it is 500 metres from The Astro Cage and, according to Wayne Morgan, a coach, is often full, "making access impractical and putting pressure on local roads". The parish council said it is working to get the car park open "as soon as possible"."We are hopeful that the car park will be open for the winter training sessions, commencing at the end of October," a spokesperson said."It is important to remember there is a car park at the other end of the Sports Field."GCC has been contacted for comment.
BBC News
19-05-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Three-month closure of A435 planned for work on new cycle path
Work on the final phase of a cycleway which will connect three parts of Gloucestershire is due to begin complete, the path along the A435 will connect Gloucester, Bishop's Cleeve and Cheltenham and provide access to the 26-mile (41km) Gloucestershire Cycle Spine, which will eventually extend to third phase, from Cheltenham Racecourse Roundabout to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR) Bridge, is due to begin later and finish by the end of January 2026. The work will close the A435 between Cheltenham Racecourse and Southam traffic lights from 8 June to 8 September, with the northbound lane closed until 31 October. The first section of the route, between the Honeybourne Line and Cheltenham Racecourse, was finished in on the second section to link the GWSR Bridge and the GE Roundabout, in Bishop's Cleeve, began in January and is due to be completed in County Council said the scheme would "deliver significant cycling and walking improvements" as well as "essential" repairs to the GWSR said diversion routes will be in place during the A435 Evesham Road closure and advised people to plan their journeys in advance.
BBC News
09-05-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Cheltenham cycleway project final work set to begin
Construction work is beginning on the final stage of a cycleway which will eventually form part of a 26-mile A435 cycleway route scheme to connect Bishop's Cleeve in Gloucestershire with Cheltenham is being built to improve connections between the two and provide full access to the Gloucestershire Cycle final phase, beginning on 19 May, will include essential repairs to the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR) bridge, with a full road closure between 2 June and 8 September.A northbound closure only will be in place from 8 September until 31 October, with work due to finish completely by the end of January 2026. The Gloucestershire Cycle Spine links Bishop's Cleeve and Cheltenham with Gloucester and, eventually, work on the GWSR bridge, which was found to have a number of defects in a recent inspection, will include strengthening it, reconstructing the carriageway, and repositioning the road to incorporate a new shared-use path for pedestrians and County Council said it hopes coordinating the repair of the bridge with two phases of the cycleway construction during the road closure will mean disruption is minimised for residents and the safety of those 1 of the cycle scheme, between the Honeybourne Line and Cheltenham Racecourse roundabout, was completed in late 2024. The first phase of section two, between the GWSR Bridge and the GE roundabout in Bishop's Cleeve, began in early January and is expected to finish in the the full road closure and northbound closure periods, diversion routes will be signposted.
