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Members of the Cross City Bus team will be at St Barnabas Church, Erdington and Kings Heath Farmers Market this week, answering questions and listening to your feedback.  

Join us on Friday 4th October from 12pm - 3pm at St Barnabas Church, High Street, Erdington, B23 6SJ for an informal drop in session to find out more about Cross City Bus consultations. We will also be stallholders Kings Heath Farmers Market from 10am-2pm on Saturday 5th October in All Saints Square, Kings Heath, B14 7RA.  

 We have  more events planned over the coming weeks with details shared shortly. 

If you’re unable to attend, you can still submit comments or questions via Commonplace, or email crosscitybus@tfwm.org.uk 

If you host community events in your local area and would like us to visit your group, please get in touch and we see if it's possible for the team to arrange a visit.   

Join us on Friday 27th September from 2:30pm till 4:30pm at Handsworth Library for an informal drop-in session to find out more about upcoming Cross City consultations on and near Soho Road. 

There will be the opportunity to meet with members of the project team and learn more about the proposals. We are here to listen to your thoughts and answer any questions you may have.

 We have many more events planned over the coming weeks with details shared shortly. 

If you’re unable to attend, you can still submit comments or questions via Commonplace, or email crosscitybus@tfwm.org.uk 

If you host community events in your local area and would like us to visit your group, please get in touch and we see if it's possible for the team to arrange a visit.   

Handsworth Library, Soho Road, Birmingham, B21 9DP

Join us on Friday 17^th May from 10:00-12:00 at Lakeside Café in The Dolphin Women’s Centre for an informal drop-in session to find out more about the proposed changes for Washwood Heath Road.

There will be the opportunity to meet with members of the project team and learn more about the proposals. We are here to listen to your thoughts and answer any questions you may have.

If you’re unable to attend, you can still submit comments or questions via Commonplace, or email crosscitybus@tfwm.org.uk  

Lakeside Café 
 The Dolphin Women’s Centre
 Ward End Park Rd, B8 2HB

Join our online event to find out more about Aston Church Rd closure and bus priorities on Washwood Heath Rd. 

Click the link below to sign up to online event:

Planned Bus Priorities on Washwood Heath Road – Cross City Bus Tickets, Tue 14 May 2024 at 18:00 | Eventbrite

Online event help on Tuesday 14th May 2024 at 6pm.

More information:

Later this year, HS2 Ltd are scheduled to close Aston Church Rd for 14 months of work to deliver a replacement bridge over the HS2 route and the existing railway. This work will be followed in 2025 by the closure of Saltley Viaduct over the same routes. Both works are anticipated to cause an increase in traffic on Washwood Heath Road.

To ensure that reliable bus services are maintained for East Birmingham residents, we will be introducing bus priority measures on Washwood Heath Road from Drews Lane to Membury Road in advance of the HS2 works starting. These measures will support the smooth running of the 94, 95 and 14 bus services.

This project will improve bus infrastructure to make it easier to travel across the region. These include bus priority measures, junction upgrades and enhanced waiting facilities for bus passengers. The project has received funding from the Department for Transport.

This event will be a chance to learn more about the proposed changes and ask questions of the transport delivery team.

We will be starting with a presentation at 6pm, followed by questions. The session may be finish early if all questions are answered.

If you have any queries in advance of the webinar, please email Questions@wmca.org.uk

The event will be held on Microsoft teams and a link will be sent out after you've signed up to attend.

At Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) we’re delivering a series of improvements to bus routes that will allow reliable cross Birmingham bus services to be introduced. As a result there will be priority bus measure introduced to Washwood Heath Road from Drews Lane to Membury Road.

We’re holding a public drop-in event to further explain our proposals for Cross City Bus in Washwood Heath:

On:

Wednesday 17th January, 3pm - 5pm

At:

Ward End Library,

Washwood Heath Road,

Ward End,

B8 2HF

For your chance to learn more about the proposals and ask any questions you may have, come and speak to the team. No appointment required.