Diversions will be in place
Part of the road through Barrow Gurney will be closed for a week from August 18(Image: Google Maps)
A road running through a village near Bristol Airport is set to close for five days for maintenance works. Barrow Street, which goes through the quaint village of Barrow Gurney just off the A38 between the city and Bristol Airport, will be closed from Monday, August 18 around the clock for five days between the junction with School lane and the junction with Hobbs Lane.
The closure will be in place so North Somerset Council can complete highway drainage maintenance works. Traffic trying to get from one side of the village to the other will need to follow a diversion via Bridgwater Road while the closure is in place.
The portion of the road which is set to be closed passes in front of the Princes Motto, which was recently bought by farmer, environmentalist and campaigner Catherine Winters. Ms Winters is best known as having been Bristol’s “last farmer” before she was forced to leave Yew Tree Farm, located on Bedminster Down on the edge of the city.
The Barrow Gurney closure comes one week after the road through a nearby village was also totally shut off to traffic for a lengthy period. Motorists faced lengthy delays trying to get through Flax Bourton when the A370 Main Road through the village was closed continuously from August 11 to August 15.
That work was part of a major scheme to improve the condition of the A370 between Backwell House and the property named Old Angel Cottage. It focused on repairing and improving the highway’s drainage system as well as the damaged ironworks.
The closure of Barrow Street is likely to be considerably less disruptive than that of the A370, which is a major arterial road into Bristol.
The A370 has been plagued by multiple roadworks over the summer. The owners of the Old Inn, a traditional pub in nearby Congresbury, said the works had cost them £38,000 in revenue when they announced the pub would be closing down on August 15.
Traffic marshals will be on-site in Barrow Gurney during working hours to help residents who require access to the closed portion of the road.
North Somerset Council thanked anyone affected by the closure for their patience while works were carried out.