Fix the Chocolate Path

The chocolate path: a much loved foot and cycle path along the new cut in Bristol. Neglected by the council and closed for 299 weeks from Dec 2017 to Sep 2023.

[Fix the Chocolate Path @chocpath]

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[Fix the Chocolate Path @chocpath]

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[Fix the Chocolate Path @chocpath]

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'Fixed'... but after nearly 6 years of closure, the chocolate path has had the bare minimum of work to reopen.

[Martin Rands @martr101.bsky.soc @martr101]

I've just seen a mother with two children behind, cycling on the........Chocolate Path! 😄

[Martin Booth @beardedjourno]

The Chocolate Path is open. I repeat: the Chocolate Path is open. It has been closed since 2017. Sometimes, dreams do come true. 🍫

[Martin Booth @beardedjourno]

The Chocolate Path is due to open by 5pm today after being closed since 2017. I can exclusively report that the railings are being painted this morning.

[Fix the Chocolate Path @chocpath]

It's the big day - I'm reopening today by 5pm

[Marvin Rees @MarvinJRees]

🌉 Gaol Ferry Bridge re-opens in 24 hours’ time: 5pm on Friday, 8 September

🍫 The Chocolate Path will be fully reopened by 5pm tomorrow too, with Cumberland Road already open

👷 Thanks again to local residents and businesses for your patience during these major repair works

[Tristan Cork Post @TristanCorkPost]

Last month Bristol City Council set a 'definitive date' of today, for the reopening of @chocpath, which has been closed since December 2017.
You will NEVER guess what....

https://t.co/S305tTh7T1

[Tristan Cork Post @TristanCorkPost]

Today's Bristol is brought to you by the number 4.
4: The number of reopening dates announced in 2023 by Bristol City Council for the Chocolate Path & Cumberland Rd
4: The number of UK Prime Ministers since the Chocolate Path closed
#gettingstuffdone
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[Fix the Chocolate Path @chocpath]

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[Bristol City Council @BristolCouncil]

The Chocolate Path is reopening on 4 September. In the meantime, work will start on Mon (7 Aug) to install a bus gate on the inbound side of Cumberland Road. It will take 4 weeks and there will be 4-way traffic signals so expect some delays.

Read more: https://t.co/SVJgiS7pw9

[Fix the Chocolate Path @chocpath]

The chocolate path has been closed for 2000 days!

[Fix the Chocolate Path @chocpath]

Anyone taking bets on whether the Chocolate Path will have reopened within 6 years of its closure? That's only 200 days from now...

[Fix the Chocolate Path @chocpath]

Progress as of 20th May

[Fix the Chocolate Path @chocpath]

Who's excited? Just 2 or 3 weeks more to go!
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[Fix the Chocolate Path @chocpath]

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[Bristol Citizen @bristol_citizen]

'Risk' to Chocolate Path reopening due to flood defence work https://t.co/axPpB0HaMO

[Fix the Chocolate Path @chocpath]

Tick tock, two months to go...
https://t.co/pa5eMttfh6

[Fix the Chocolate Path @chocpath]

@martr101 @bristol247 5 years, 2 months, 17 days :(