Plans to close Bristol’s main road have been postponed to avoid clashing with Glastonbury Festival

Disruptive work on a vital route to and from Bristol has been delayed by a week to avoid causing extra congestion for Glastonbury Festival. Wessex Water previously wrote work to repair a damaged sewer chamber on the A37 Wells Road between Hengrove and Whitchurch on Monday July 1 and Tuesday July 2.

Eagle-eyed residents and campaigners from Somerset Bus Partnership, Somerset Catch The Bus and South West Transport Network all noted that this would pit those traveling home from Glastonbury Festival by car or coach to Bristol and surrounding areas.

These works would have caused significant disruption and congestion for many drivers and traffic on the back streets of Whitchurch and Hengrove, as well as Brislington, Keynsham and Charlwood Bridge.

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After campaigners raised concerns and held talks with coach suppliers including National Express, Stagecoach West and First Group, Wessex Water has now postponed the work until Sunday 7 July. route during the week and ordered them to reschedule to a weekend.

The water firm informed Bristol City Council of the new date, which was accepted. A Wessex Water spokesman said the work near the Petherton Resource Center was “expected to take just one day”.

Bristol Temple Meads is one of 109 locations where National Express coaches will drop off festival goers before and after the event at Worthy Farm. Glastonbury Festival’s official coach travel partner will operate a fleet of electric double-decker buses on a high-frequency shuttle service between Bristol Bus Station and Worthy Farm.

More than 200,000 people are expected to attend this year’s Glastonbury Festival, with the official attendance record for the 2023 edition broken by more than 210,000 revelers.