Revealed: Plans for new Saltford railway station
People living in Saltford have been giving their views on whether or not they think the village railway station should be reopened.
At a consultation event, run by Bath and North East Somerset Council, dozens of villagers turned out to hear the proposals.
According to Halcrow, the consultancy firm employed by the authority to look at the scheme, a new station would cost £4 million and could include two platforms, as well as a car park for up to 150 cars.
Project leaders have favoured the…
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Station debate draws a crowd
Station debate draws a crowd
More than 200 people attended a drop-in event outlining plans for the re-opening of Saltford’s railway station.The session yesterday evening was organised as experts continue to investigate the detailed logistics of bringing the station, which closed in 1970, back into use as part of the new MetroWest system.Campaigners backing the station, which has the support of Bath & North East Somerset Council and Saltford parish Council, say it will make a huge difference to the village.They claim it…
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Roadworks to close busy A4
Roadworks to close busy A4
One of the West’s most famous roads is to be completely closed for five nights next week in a move which is set to cause traffic congestion for miles around.The busy A4 road – the main road between London and Bath and Bristol for centuries – will be shut from 7pm to midnight every night next week between Corsham and Box to allow contractors to resurface and improve a 400m stretch.Traffic will face diversions which, for HGVs, will involve lengthy detours.
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Container with ELEVEN MILLION cigarettes washes up on Devon coast…
Container with ELEVEN MILLION cigarettes washes up on Devon coast…
A huge shipping container with as many as 11 million cigarettes inside has washed up on the Lyme Bay coast this morning – but police are warning any wreckers ‘looking for free fags’ to stay well away.
Officers have cordoned off the beach near Beer, Devon, where the 40ft long Maersk shipping container was floating in shallow water, and could be left aground in the high tide this lunchtime.
It contains 14 tonnes of cigarettes and the container was one of a reported 517 to be washed off a cargo…