Proposed transport developments in Bristol

[5] In July 2017, a leaked draft of that document, due to be published in October 2017, suggested an underground rail network around the most built-up areas of the city as one of many solutions to congestion equating to £8.9 billion.

[7] The city council commissioned a £50,000 study to determine the financial viability of the project and Rees has suggested £3 million for a geological survey.

[13][14] There have been several proposals to extend the ring road from the junction with the A4 at Hicks Gate, Keynsham, along the southern edge of Bristol as far as the A370 at Long Ashton.

The 2005 Greater Bristol Strategic Transport Study, commissioned by the regional government office, recommended construction of the new southern route to tackle congestion.

[18] In January 2015, the Department for Transport approved plans for the construction of the South Bristol Link road,[19] as part of the MetroBus rapid transit scheme.