A burst water main on Brook Way in Bradley Stoke cut off supplies to the town for more than seven hours on Tuesday.

Bristol Water said that some 6,000 homes in the town, and neighbouring Stoke Gifford, were left without a supply.

Workers at the site, at the junction with Kemperleye Way, said the problem was down to a broken joint.

The main burst at about 2pm and sent a 30ft jet of water into the air.

The engineers had to wait for escaping water to drop down sufficiently so they could start repairs.

The main was repaired at about 9pm with supplies slowly returning to the homes which were cut off.

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It is the last chance to have your say on a consultation into changes at a busy junction in Bradley Stoke, where there have been several accidents in the past three years.

South Gloucestershire Council wants to alter the road layout at the junction of Braydon Avenue at Brook Way on the border with Little Stoke.

The consultation report says that since 2005 there have been “four personal injury accidents…in the vicinity of the roundabout junction”.

“Two accidents involved nose-to-tail accidents, suggesting late decision making by motorists approaching the give-way lines,” the report goes on to say.

The solution suggestion by the district council would see the size of the “circulatory carriageway” increased by “moving the give-way lines forward”.

“In order to prevent the turning manoeuvres being taken at inappropriate speeds, build-outs will be installed to reduce the turning radius.”

The consultation, details of which can be found here, closes on Sunday, 13 July 2008.

A consultation into changes at a busy junction in Bradley Stoke, where there have been several accidents in the past three years, is under way.

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South Gloucestershire Council wants to alter the road layout at the junction of Braydon Avenue at Brook Way on the border with Little Stoke.

The consultation report says that since 2005 there have been “four personal injury accidents…in the vicinity of the roundabout junction”.

“Two accidents involved nose-to-tail accidents, suggesting late decision making by motorists approaching the give-way lines,” the report goes on to say.

The solution suggestion by the district council would see the size of the “circulatory carriageway” increased by “moving the give-way lines forward”.

“In order to prevent the turning manoeuvres being taken at inappropriate speeds, build-outs will be installed to reduce the turning radius.”

Full details of the consultation can be found here.