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T-I-F once again you have your facts muddled if you are driving to Brs city centre from BRS Airport you need not touch Clifton.
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It really depends to which part of the M4 or M5 you are heading. If going to/coming from Devon, Cornwall or most of Somerset you would be advised to use the A 38 to the south, ie away from the city of Bristol, and join/leave the M 5 at East Brent, north of Highbridge/Burnham-on-Sea.
If travelling to/from the east on M 4 (ie to/from London direction) you may well decide to use part of the central area around Temple Meads and Old Market to access the M 32 and then M 4.
If travelling to/from Wales on the M 4 or to/from the Midlands on the M5 the best bet would probably be via the Bristol City Football Ground, Cumberland Basin, the A 4 Portway (under Clifton Suspension Bridge but Clifton is the suburb above you on the hill, you are not driving through it) and Avonmouth.
There are plans to build a link road between the A 370 and A 38 which would remove part of the sometimes admittedly tiresome trek through the south west suburbs around the City football ground.
It is a great shame that the City forefathers were not blessed with greater vision because they could have had Filton as their airport in the 1950s. It's too late now. It was tried in the mid 1990s and went to a Public Enquiry but the NIMBYs won the day.
So Bristol has to make do with what it's got and, in fairness, despite many physical disadvantages as to location, access, size of site, weather and limited runway it hasn't done badly.
This thread has strayed a bit from its original theme but I suppose ease of access is one of the things that a potential carrier would take into account, although I am sure that the number of potential pax would be the number one criterion and the aforementioned disadvantages don't seem to have put off pax from using BRS on other routes.
It really depends to which part of the M4 or M5 you are heading. If going to/coming from Devon, Cornwall or most of Somerset you would be advised to use the A 38 to the south, ie away from the city of Bristol, and join/leave the M 5 at East Brent, north of Highbridge/Burnham-on-Sea.
If travelling to/from the east on M 4 (ie to/from London direction) you may well decide to use part of the central area around Temple Meads and Old Market to access the M 32 and then M 4.
If travelling to/from Wales on the M 4 or to/from the Midlands on the M5 the best bet would probably be via the Bristol City Football Ground, Cumberland Basin, the A 4 Portway (under Clifton Suspension Bridge but Clifton is the suburb above you on the hill, you are not driving through it) and Avonmouth.
There are plans to build a link road between the A 370 and A 38 which would remove part of the sometimes admittedly tiresome trek through the south west suburbs around the City football ground.
It is a great shame that the City forefathers were not blessed with greater vision because they could have had Filton as their airport in the 1950s. It's too late now. It was tried in the mid 1990s and went to a Public Enquiry but the NIMBYs won the day.
So Bristol has to make do with what it's got and, in fairness, despite many physical disadvantages as to location, access, size of site, weather and limited runway it hasn't done badly.
This thread has strayed a bit from its original theme but I suppose ease of access is one of the things that a potential carrier would take into account, although I am sure that the number of potential pax would be the number one criterion and the aforementioned disadvantages don't seem to have put off pax from using BRS on other routes.
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There are plans to build a link road between the A 370 and A 38.
I always go that way, there's a nice pub on the corner. 
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Your 'link road' (the B 3130) is going to be closed for about five days commencing 23 August - I hope suitable arrangements will be made for the pub's punters.
Being a user you obviously know that this attractive little meander through a pretty village could not be upgraded to a full A road to A road link. The proposal is for a road to run from the Long Ashton ByPass to the bottom of Barrow Hill on the A 38 - precise route still to be determined.
The proposal actually gained the approval of the majority of villagers because it would also serve as a Barrow Gurney bypass and restore the village to its previous tranquility - apart from the pubbers of course.
This link road would help those coming from the M 5 via the Portway a bit (would save the grind past BCFC and around the Parson Street Railway Station one way system) but whether it would make that much difference I'm not sure.
I see that CWL will have a rail link at the nearby Rhoose Station from next year. The Vale of Glamorgan line is being re-opened with a grant of £17 million from the Welsh Assembly. I guess other regional airports will be looking to see if, and by how much, it increases pax numbers and leads to new routes.
The best BRS could probably do would be to utilise Parson Street as a rail link and use frequent buses for the ten minute or so journey along the A 38 to the airport. It would need money though to upgrade and adapt the station. Unfortunately we don't have an Assembly with money to spend on such things this side of the Severn.
Your 'link road' (the B 3130) is going to be closed for about five days commencing 23 August - I hope suitable arrangements will be made for the pub's punters.
Being a user you obviously know that this attractive little meander through a pretty village could not be upgraded to a full A road to A road link. The proposal is for a road to run from the Long Ashton ByPass to the bottom of Barrow Hill on the A 38 - precise route still to be determined.
The proposal actually gained the approval of the majority of villagers because it would also serve as a Barrow Gurney bypass and restore the village to its previous tranquility - apart from the pubbers of course.
This link road would help those coming from the M 5 via the Portway a bit (would save the grind past BCFC and around the Parson Street Railway Station one way system) but whether it would make that much difference I'm not sure.
I see that CWL will have a rail link at the nearby Rhoose Station from next year. The Vale of Glamorgan line is being re-opened with a grant of £17 million from the Welsh Assembly. I guess other regional airports will be looking to see if, and by how much, it increases pax numbers and leads to new routes.
The best BRS could probably do would be to utilise Parson Street as a rail link and use frequent buses for the ten minute or so journey along the A 38 to the airport. It would need money though to upgrade and adapt the station. Unfortunately we don't have an Assembly with money to spend on such things this side of the Severn.
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I think the thread has gone sideways.
I don't know whether you have followed the whole thread but it seemed to go down the road ( a side road?) of whether BRS or CWL would get the flight (if either does), with the suggestion that the various facilities or lack of at the airports, including car parking and ease of access, might have a part to play in the final decision.
I must hold up my hand as being partly responsible for prolonging this diversion. If it is thought the thread had gone too far away from the original subject I readily apologise for my part in its hijack.
To get right back on track I have heard or seen nothing in the local media to suggest what outcome will eventuate. Not surprising because our journos (both newspaper and radio/tv) tend to wait for official press handouts on most subjects and rarely do their own digging. Presumably that's why most of them are local/regional journalists and haven't moved on to 'greater things'.
I think the thread has gone sideways.
I don't know whether you have followed the whole thread but it seemed to go down the road ( a side road?) of whether BRS or CWL would get the flight (if either does), with the suggestion that the various facilities or lack of at the airports, including car parking and ease of access, might have a part to play in the final decision.
I must hold up my hand as being partly responsible for prolonging this diversion. If it is thought the thread had gone too far away from the original subject I readily apologise for my part in its hijack.
To get right back on track I have heard or seen nothing in the local media to suggest what outcome will eventuate. Not surprising because our journos (both newspaper and radio/tv) tend to wait for official press handouts on most subjects and rarely do their own digging. Presumably that's why most of them are local/regional journalists and haven't moved on to 'greater things'.
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I would imagine that the executives at COA and AA would have the resources and expertise to thoroughly research the market for potential routes and take into account such factors as presence and success of low cost carriers at the target base, car parking, facilities, transport surface access etc. With the explosive growth of pax numbers at one of the Uks major, regional airports (if I might use that phrase) in recent years along with the considerable investment made in passenger facilities, any proactive airline with a mind for seeking out business opportunities would be very interested indeed to examine the potential. Despite less than adequate transport links BRS does have a very large catchment area indeed which CWL could never hope to match.
The business community in the SW would wholeheartedly welcome any alternative to having to trudge up to London if the option was there and the experience was reliable and dependable (which with the advent of CAT III at Bristol I'm sure it will be.)
To quote an earlier post I believe it's a case of 'not if but when', you'll see a scheduled BRS-USA route within the next 12-18 months if not sooner.
The business community in the SW would wholeheartedly welcome any alternative to having to trudge up to London if the option was there and the experience was reliable and dependable (which with the advent of CAT III at Bristol I'm sure it will be.)
To quote an earlier post I believe it's a case of 'not if but when', you'll see a scheduled BRS-USA route within the next 12-18 months if not sooner.
