People living in a picturesque village on the outskirts of Bristol are unhappy with how their infrastructure has been neglected, despite expansion of the surrounding areas. Last week, Bristol Live reported that large trucks passing through Pilning had been shaking one man's house , and now other residents have expressed their ongoing concerns of how the building-up of Bristol and South Gloucestershire is affecting the village. Pilning is your typical homely rural village, home to popular traditional family-run pubs The Plough Inn and The King's Arms, as well as a beautiful Victorian parish church.
The village is served hourly by the Stagecoach 12 bus from Bristol Parkway to Severn Beach, but residents must travel on this route to Cribbs Causeway before being able to reach Bristol city centre . One resident described the road past his house in Pilning as a "rat run", adding: "Whenever the A403 is closed from Pilning traffic lights, then the vehicles are diverted through Pilning and Easter Compton." Read more: Multiple fundraisers set up to 'save' Bristol's iconic Turbo Island from developers Massive burst water main on edge of Bristol may take a week to repair The resident, who doesn't want to be named, described a "near miss" with a truck he had in the car recently, which was considerably overhanging to the other side of the road.
Though trucks exceeding 7.5 tonnes should not pass through Easter Compton and Pilning, these restrictions were lifted whilst work was carried out o.