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« Reply #45 on: June 30, 2017, 06:26:57 »

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£500,000 for pedestrian and cycling routes through the centre of Weston-super-Mare

when North Somerset opted out of the Metro Mayor set-up Huh?
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« Reply #46 on: June 30, 2017, 07:14:29 »

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£500,000 for pedestrian and cycling routes through the centre of Weston-super-Mare

when North Somerset opted out of the Metro Mayor set-up Huh?

I'm sure there's a good reason ... but I don't fully (!) understand how the "West of England" and MetroWest areas interact.  Isn't Portishead in North Somerset too?    Perhaps North Somerset is buying in to bits it wants like the UK (United Kingdom) might buy in to bits of Brexit?   Of course, it would be logical for the main area to accept that buy-in only if it results in mutual advantage.

The question raises an interesting one for wider areas too.  The Bristol / Bath travel-to-work area goes beyond the "West of England" - into Mendip at Frome, into Wiltshire at Trowbridge and indeed at towns like Corsham which have a vey heavy flow into Bath.  Transport is needed for those flows and public transport (from Corsham at least, which is the closest to me) is pathetically slow, taking 45 minutes from the centre of Corsham at Newlands Road to Bath bus station, where a train would take 12 minutes.
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« Reply #47 on: June 30, 2017, 09:20:52 »

NorSomxit? !!!

But as with all these things, announcement today, GRIP (Guide to Railway Investment Projects) tomorrow, delay next week, I'll believe it when it's actually open. 
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« Reply #48 on: June 30, 2017, 09:56:52 »

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£500,000 for pedestrian and cycling routes through the centre of Weston-super-Mare

when North Somerset opted out of the Metro Mayor set-up Huh?

I'm sure there's a good reason ... but I don't fully (!) understand how the "West of England" and MetroWest areas interact.  Isn't Portishead in North Somerset too?    Perhaps North Somerset is buying in to bits it wants like the UK (United Kingdom) might buy in to bits of Brexit?   Of course, it would be logical for the main area to accept that buy-in only if it results in mutual advantage.

The question raises an interesting one for wider areas too.  The Bristol / Bath travel-to-work area goes beyond the "West of England" - into Mendip at Frome, into Wiltshire at Trowbridge and indeed at towns like Corsham which have a vey heavy flow into Bath.  Transport is needed for those flows and public transport (from Corsham at least, which is the closest to me) is pathetically slow, taking 45 minutes from the centre of Corsham at Newlands Road to Bath bus station, where a train would take 12 minutes.

Those allocations of money were decided by the West of England Joint Committee, which combines the four local authorities in the LEP» (Local Enterprise Partnership - about) (the three in the West of England Combined Authority plus North Somerset). The transport proposals presumably came via the LEP, so in effect this is the governmental bit of the LEP anyway.

The WoECA describe what they do thus:
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The West of England Combined Authority (WECA» (West of England Combined Authority - about)) is made up of three of the local authorities in the region – Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol and South Gloucestershire. Working with our partners including the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership, North Somerset Council and other local service providers, our aim is to deliver economic growth for the region and address some of the challenges, such as productivity and skills, housing and transport.
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WECA will also provide support to the West of England LEP Board and to the Joint West of England Committee, which includes North Somerset Council.

Presumably North Somerset's status as "partner" means as much or as little as they and the MMayor want it to.
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« Reply #49 on: July 06, 2017, 22:47:32 »

All rather seems to have muddied the waters?
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« Reply #50 on: July 21, 2017, 22:55:00 »

Some rather grand and very long term future plans in today's Evening Post:

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/ambitious-89billion-transport-plan-bristol-222075

I just hope that not too much money was spent putting this together given it's more of an arguably fanciful wishlist. Not sure that any plan projected that far forward ever ends up even vaguely similar to the original.
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« Reply #51 on: July 22, 2017, 09:37:13 »

Some rather grand and very long term future plans in today's Evening Post:

In the 40+ years that I have lived in the Greater Bristol area I have yet to see any successful plan to cut road congestion come to fruition.  This fanciful paper is as likely to see any fulfilment as previous schemes to provide light rail or other non-road based projects. I hope I haven't unwittingly contributed to its production through by local taxes. My skepticism is based entirely on experience not prejudice.
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« Reply #52 on: July 22, 2017, 20:26:17 »

Underground trains all the way out to the airport? Ha ha ha!
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« Reply #53 on: July 22, 2017, 21:40:18 »

This daft underground scheme to Bristol airport would cost just about as much as Crossrail to build!
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« Reply #54 on: July 22, 2017, 22:19:13 »

I don't think they're seriously suggesting sub-surface all the way to the airport. But then, I don't think they're seriously suggesting much of it...

Just imagine what would be possible, though, if your town had a pro-rated equivalent of London's transport budget...
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« Reply #55 on: July 24, 2017, 15:16:28 »

I don't think they're seriously suggesting sub-surface all the way to the airport. But then, I don't think they're seriously suggesting much of it...

Just imagine what would be possible, though, if your town had a pro-rated equivalent of London's transport budget...

It will finish up as another MetroBust route.
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« Reply #56 on: July 28, 2017, 13:30:41 »

A little boost for Metrowest just announced:

http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/five-new-stations-funded.html

Hopefully this can get started soon.
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« Reply #57 on: July 28, 2017, 14:23:22 »

A little boost for Metrowest just announced:

http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/five-new-stations-funded.html

Hopefully this can get started soon.

Ooh, look! Reading Green Park funded to go ahead again!
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« Reply #58 on: July 28, 2017, 14:48:07 »

If it's worth announcing once, it's worth announcing half-a-dozen times!
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« Reply #59 on: July 28, 2017, 21:16:07 »

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£2.2 million for a platform? Don't be silly. I know everything is expensive nowadays but come on. A few blocks, a bit of concrete and a gang of workmen doesn't equate to that ridiculous amount. As someone mentioned previously when this article came up. It would of made more sense to build the park and ride next to the existing station at Shirehampton.

There is indeed something to be said for building facilities near the stations rather than stations near facilities.
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