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Bristol's New Bridge Unveiled Better Bristol The Bristol Civic Society magazine - Issue 10 Spring 2017 Bristol’s New Bridge Unveiled l Dummy’s Guide to the MetroBus l Tightening the Green Belt l 21 Years of the Architecture Centre l Bristol Though Maps an independent force for a better Bristol The Bristol Civic Society, Registered Charity No. 244414 Ashton Court Mansion. Securing its future? CHAIR Contents 3 12 14 3 18-19 Chairman’s piece Chairman’s Piece. Promoting an Front Cover: What else might we do? understanding of Finzels Reach bridge – Bristol’s Ideas please. architecture. Pippa latest pedestrian Bridge. Goldfinger takes Campaigning is the See pages 14-15 4-6 stock of the last MetroBus. Where’s it twenty one years going? Eugene Byrne of the Architecture provides an inimitable Centre and looks CHAIRMAN DNA of the Society overview. forward to the future. Simon Birch 7-9 Planning Applications. 20-21 n the previous issue, I evidence of what the Society stands for. EDITOR John Payne reports on Building within the talked about “shouting We will persevere with helping to save Mike Manson the latest applications. green belt. Peter Floyd with a louder voice” and and to find a solution for St Michael’s; Communicating suggests a way forward we are looking at how best to assist DESIGNER as pressures on the drawing wider attention Ashton Court Mansion; and we are Communicating with our members 10-11 and with the wider public is essential. Tracey Feltham Major Developments. Green Belt grow. Ito important campaigns. I gave involved with Jacobs Well Baths. What else might we do? Ideas please! Better Bristol is an important part of John Frenkel provides the example of St Michael’s on this together with e bulletins, website, EDITORIAL PANEL an update. the Mount. I also described the Influencing programme of talks, walks and cycle Alan Morris, Alex Dunn, 22-23 Bristol through maps. Society’s work in developing We are very good at influencing and rides. Eugene Byrne, Jeff Lucas, 12-13 Maps are a form of have an excellent and professional set A better Broadmead. the Bristol Heritage Forum and Organising Simon Birch truth that suits the map up. This work includes our response Plans are afoot for a in raising the profile of our The boring bit! The often-unsung tasks maker says Jeff Bishop. to pre-application proposals and CONTRIBUTORS major revamp of tired, own Design Awards. to planning applications, as well as of running the Society – governance, finances, membership. old Broadmead. responses to draft planning, transport Alan Morris, Eugene Byrne, 24-25 The Society can boast an impressive Gavin Bridge, Gordon Young, JohnFrenkel explains range of initiatives, which may appear and public realm proposals and policies. what’s envisioned. Sir Donald Insall. somewhat disparate and indeed random. We found this framework useful John Frenkel, John Payne, Celebrating but what do you think? Should the Simon Birch talks At its last meeting, the Executive Society be doing more (or even less) Peter Floyd, Pippa Goldfinger, 14-15 to the influential grappled with this problem, emerging Great fun and increasingly popular and in certain areas? And of course, we Simon Birch, Stephen Morris Finzels Reach Bridge. conservation architect. with a framework which gives clarity high profile, we took over Blue Plaques are constrained by the availability of Gavin Bridge tells the and direction to everything we do. from the City Council and already have resources so anything new usually PHOTOGRAPHY story of Bristol’s latest 26 a fascinating portfolio of new plaques. St Mary Le Port Campaigning requires new people, or we stop doing Jeff Lucas, Mike Manson twisty bridge. Our Design Awards continue to be well and Castle Park. We would like to do more regarded and attract a wide variety something else. DISTRIBUTION TEAM 16 Roger Mortimer campaigning. After all this is in the of nominations. We also support and presents his view of Led by John Payne Keep pavements clear. DNA of the Society – just look at contribute to the successful Doors Simon Birch Alan Morris says this neglected corner. our history! Campaigning provides Open Day. Email: [email protected] WEBSITE pavements are for 27 bristolcivicsociety.org.uk walking, not parking. Join up! The Bristol Civic Society needs you. Better Bristol has a new editor Not already PRINTERS 17-18 Mike Manson has been a member of the Bristol Civic Society for Immortalised in blue. Sebright, Bristol 28 over twenty-five years and during that time has contributed to a a member? Update on the latest Events. Visit Salisbury; number of working groups. He has a passionate belief in the value Blue Plaques by Gordon explore Avonmouth; of people understanding their surroundings. He is the author of Why not Articles are the opinion of individual Young. Includes a see household waste four books on Bristol. His most recent publication, Vice and Virtue authors and don’t necessarily represent plaque that’s good being turned into (Bristol Books), co-authored with Dr Edson Burton, is a study join TODAY! the views of the Bristol Civic Society. enough to eat. energy. And more! of Old Market. His novel Where’s My Money? (Tangent Books) See page 27 for more details... featured recently in the BBC TV series, The Books that Made Britain. BRISTOL CIVIC SOCIETYSOCIETY www.bristolcivicsociety.org.ukwww.bristolcivicsociety.org.uk NEWS NEWS Bristol’s MetroBus. 4 5 Where’s it going? MetroBus Better Bristol’s guide to everything you ever wanted to know about the interminable road works that have plagued Bristol in recent times. That’ll be MetroBus then, as Eugene Byrne explains. MetroBus Have you seen the state of the bloody roads in Bristol lately? Roadworks and fenced-off bits everywhere, usually with no- one working on them. Contractors are getting everything ready for the new MetroBus system, due to begin operating later this year. Ah yes, the return of the trams! My gran used to love the trams. It’s not trams. Trams run on rails, whereas this is basically souped-up buses running along souped-up bus lanes. This is cheaper and more flexible than installing tram rails, and routes can be added or changed fairly easily. The vehicles will be hybrids, running transport strategy that also involves Another goes from Long Ashton Park Above, work on the on a mix of diesel and electricity. Parts more and better footpaths and cycle & Ride through Southville to Temple Ashton Avenue of some routes will be “guided” with schemes, reopening rail lines and Meads and the Centre. The third runs Swing Bridge. the vehicles steered by special guide increasing local rail services and from Long Ashton along the South £1.50 for up to three miles and £3.50 wheels, allowing faster speeds. loads more. Bristol link road to Hengrove Park. for over six miles; kids half-price. You’ll have to buy your ticket before And this is better than the journey, using ticket machines at Who pays? And how much? Nowhere near leafy Clifton, the stops, or from local shops, or using existing bus services Henleaze, Westbury, your phone and/or whatever other how? The money mostly comes from central government, but so what? Either way Southmead and all them points snazzy new tech comes along. How could it possibly the answer is that you’re paying. west and north-west, I see. (continued on page 6) be worse? It’ll be faster Currently price £216m and rising. In Why the discrimination? thanks to dedicated 2015 it was budgeted at £203m but Those bits are already reasonably lanes, junction unforeseen circs increased the bill. For well-served with roads and public METROBUS priority (in MetroBus instance, there were unexpected gas transport. The priority goes to areas land the lights IN NUMBERS mains in Bradley Stoke and then there with poorer links and to joining park are always green) • 50km total length of the was the bill for lawyers and rentacops & rides to try and deter all those and people buying MetroBus system in Bristol alone needed to peel a bunch of tree-huggers commuters from Yate or Weston tickets in advance. off some trees. • 94 new bus stops A MetroBus journey parking outside your house. It also would be very roughly favours commuters and economic • 282 new cycle stands powerhouse destinations including 25% quicker than doing Where will I be able to • 7km+ of new cycle routes the same route by Emersons Green, the Mall, Patchway/ • 6km+ of new road space current bus services. go to on it? Filton, Temple Quarter and UWE. The system, when complete, will • 3 new bridges across the railway comprise one main route and two • 8 new road bridges across roads Who is building it? smaller ones. The big one runs from Pack us a picnic, Trevor! We’re off on an adventure! How much and streams (plus 2 replaced, 1 The four local councils – Bristol, N. FIND OUT MORE Cribbs Causeway to Aztec West and refurbished) down the M32, through the Centre and are the tickets? Somerset, S. Glos and Bath & NES. • 6 mammal underpasses along Web: travelwest.info/metrobus on to South Bristol and Hengrove; there The partnership has stipulated that It’s important to add that MetroBus is the South Bristol Link route. just part of a wider West of England FB: www.facebook.com/MetroBusBristol are also spurs off this one, to Parkway whoever ends up operating the system station and to Emersons Green. can charge a maximum adult fare of BRISTOL CIVIC SOCIETY www.bristolcivicsociety.org.uk PA GROUP PA FEATURE NEWS Planning Applications: 6 John Payne reports 7 he Planning Applications Group has There are also updates on the proposal to Planning Applications considered well over 100 planning develop land at Wesley College, the application applications on behalf of the Civic to build a bridge over Bridge Valley Road and Society since the autumn edition.
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