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Consultation dates announced
People in Charfield are being encouraged to have their say on plans for a new railway station in the village. A 12-week consultation on proposals for Charfield Station is due to begin on Tuesday 19 October 2021. The consultation will close at midnight on Monday 10 January 2022.
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A new station will support sustainable travel to and from the village and surrounding area. The station will also improve access to jobs, education and a wider variety of services and facilities and help mitigate some of the impacts of recent development in the area.
Preliminary plans are being developed by the Council and have been funded to date by the West of England Combined Authority. Network Rail has been appointed by the Council to progress a design for the station. An Outline Business Case for the station has been submitted to the Combined Authority to help secure funding to progress the scheme further.
The new station will include two platforms serving north and southbound journeys, a pedestrian footbridge, a public transport interchange, covered cycle parking, and car parking. Services will connect Charfield to key locations for employment and education such as Filton and Patchway, Bristol City Centre and Gloucester.
Feedback from local residents, businesses and organisations will be used to shape the station proposals going forward and inform more detailed designs. It is anticipated that a planning application for the scheme will be submitted in spring 2022, allowing time for the consultation feedback to inform the final plans.
During the 12-week consultation a series of public drop-ins will be held in Charfield and the local area. At these events people will be able to learn more about the proposals and speak with members of the project team and representatives from Network Rail. 28 The events are being held on: • Monday 8 November – 3pm to 7pm at Wotton Town Hall, Market Street,
Wotton-under-Edge • Wednesday 10 November – 2pm to 5.30pm at Charfield Memorial Hall,
Wotton Road, Charfield
• Saturday 13 November – 10.30am to 2.30pm at Charfield Memorial Hall,
Wotton Road, Charfield.
Information about the scheme can be found by visiting www.southglos.gov.uk/charfieldstation
People who are interested in the scheme are also encouraged to sign up for a new project newsletter. This can be done via the webpage. South Gloucestershire Council’s Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Environment and Strategic Infrastructure Cllr Steve Reade said: “A new railway station for Charfield has been talked about for many years and it is really exciting to see that deliverable plans are coming forward.
“I would encourage people living in Charfield and the surrounding villages to take part in the consultation and have their say on the proposals. “Improving the public transport network for our rural communities is vitally important and will enable more people to consider sustainable travel options, which in turn will help with the Council’s climate emergency target to lower carbon emissions.”
To take part in the consultation, visit www.southglos.gov.uk/consultation and search for Charfield Station.
FareShare South West, the region’s largest food redistribution charity who supply food to over 350 frontline organisations, has today announced the launch of FoodStock 2021: an emergency winter campaign, which will build a stockpile of ambient food with the funds and infrastructure to deliver it through a difficult winter.
The decision to launch the campaign and operation earlier than planned comes amid concerns about the security of food supply to the charity, which in recent weeks has seen a 30% reduction as a result of the ongoing HGV driver crisis.
Julian Mines, FareShare South West CEO says, “We knew that this winter would present challenges, with the rising cost of living, the complete end to furlough, and with the reduction in universal credit. That is why we planned to run FoodStock 2021, boosting levels of food reaching those most in need during the winter months. However, with the additional challenges created by the HGV driver crisis, and with our expectation that this disruption will remain for some time, it is clear that the scale of our FoodStock 2021 operation will need to be more significant, and that we may need more support from the people of Bristol than we had previously expected. The emergency food that will be amassed as part of the operation, along with the increased funds we hope the campaign will generate, will mean we can both bolster deliveries to organisations working with the most vulnerable over winter, as well as being confident in our abilities to continue our regular operations, ensuring frontline settings receive food from us consistently, which they can then provide to their end users.” FareShare South West will source ambient food at scale from across the food industry in the coming two months, with the aim of redistributing enough food for 1 million meals between now and January 2022. Julian Mines continues: “The disruption we’re experiencing sadly means increased costs to our charity, including organising last minute collections and deliveries, overhauling systems at short notice and the costs associated with getting increasing amounts of short-dated food through our warehouses and to partners quickly, in order to avoid waste.
We have an exciting fundraising opportunity, where donations from the public will be matched in late November, but for now we’re encouraging individuals and local businesses to consider fundraising ideas, volunteering with us, as well as simply making sure everybody they know, knows that FoodStock 2021 is happening this year. We are yet again relying on the power of Bristol – a city brimming with care and compassion – to come together to help us ensure those most in need don’t go without this winter.”
The hub for the FoodStock 2021 operation, with the mass of stockpiled ambient food and infrastructure to deliver it, will be based out of FareShare South West’s temporary warehouse, a former beds warehouse in Ashton Gate, with deliveries from the warehouse expected to start as soon as 1st November.
To contact the charity to discuss donating food at scale or haulage support to the winter operation, email: ben.evans@faresharesouthwest.org.uk
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