Major road works set to begin w/c 1 February

Major road works scheduled to take place next week (25/1 – 31/1) by the Somerset highways team.

Street	Town	Proposed Start Date	Proposed End Date	Working days	Works
MORAVIA CLOSE	BRIDGWATER	01/02/2021	05/02/2021	5	Excavation and reinstatement for foul and surface water connections.
HANKRIDGE DUAL CARRIAGEWAY	TAUNTON	01/02/2021	04/02/2021	4	Erection of frames
HYDE LANE	TAUNTON	01/02/2021	26/02/2021	20	Various works
ETSOME ROAD	SOMERTON	01/02/2021	12/02/2021	10	New egress and widening of existing lane.
WHEDDON CROSS TO BRIDGETOWN ROAD	DULVERTON	01/02/2021	03/02/2021	2	Depot patching
SHOWELL PARK	TAUNTON	04/02/2021	08/02/2021	2	Resurfacing
STATION ROAD	WELLINGTON	01/02/2021	05/02/2021	5	Resurfacing
STATION ROAD	ILMINSTER	01/02/2021	12/02/2021	10	Resurfacing

Here are planned/ongoing works taking place this week, including other contractors.

A3027 East Street, Taunton (Route D5) – Temporarily closed for the Active Travel Cell project.

Additional Salting to take place at:-

Route D3 – Langley Marsh via Whitefield and Cordings Ball to Forches Cross to Clatworthy (for WW Scotts Hill closure) or Old Castle Inn, Huish Champflower (for WW Tanners Hill closure).

Continuing and next week’s temporary road closures are:-

B3355 Silver Street, Stratton-on-the-Fosse (Route G4) – closed for housing development work (authorised by Bath & North East Somerset Council) for 215 days, 5^th July to 5^th February. Due to lack of space to turn gritter around, please omit the section north of B3139 Wells Road, as we did previously during the winter of 2019/2020.
A358 Hankridge Duals and interchange roundabout, Taunton (Routes D5 & D6) – SCC M5 Junction 25 Blackbrook A358 Major Improvement Scheme. Overnight road closures.
A30 Honiton Road, west of Chard (Route Y1) – closed for SCC drainage works for 39 days, 4^th January to 12^th February.
Tanners Hill, Huish Champflower to Clatworthy (Route D3) – closed for Wessex Water water main work for 14 days, 18^th January to 5^th February.
Old A303, Whitelackington (Route Y1) – closed for Wessex Water carriageway reinstatement work for 12 days, 18^th January to 29^th January.
Rossiters Road & Rossiters Hill, Frome (Route F2) – closed for SCC footway works for 12 days, 25^th January to 5^th February.
B3139 Wells Road, Panborough (Route G2) – closed for BT cabling work for 5 days, 25^th January to 29^th January.
A358 Minehead Road, Combe Florey (Route M4) – closed for SCC verge/embankment repairs for 19 days, 25^th January to 12^th February.
A371 Axbridge to Shute Shelve (Route D1) – closed for private tree cutting works for 13 days, 25^th January to 6^th February.
Trull Road, Taunton (Compass Hill to Wilton Grove (Route D4) – closed for BT cabling work for 5 days, 25^th January to 29^th January.
Houlgate Way, Axbridge (Route D1) – closed for Gigaclear cabling work for 21 days, 1^st February to 21^st February.
Scotts Hill, Washbattle Bridge to Huish Champflower (Route D3) – closed for Wessex Water water main work for 19 days, 1^st February to 19^th February.
B3222 High Street, Dulverton (Routes M2) – closed for BT chamber work between 09:30 and 15:30 for 5 days, 1^st February to 5^th February.
Grants Lane, Wedmore (Routes G2) – closed for BT chamber work for 1 day, 1^st February.
A396 Wheddon Cross to Bridgetown (Routes M2) – closed for SCC patching work between 08:00 and 17:00 for 3 days, 1^st February to 3^rd February.
Keyford, Frome (Route F2) – closed for Bristol Water water main work for 2 days, 1^st February to 2^nd February.
A362 Wallbridge, Frome (Route F1) – closed for Network Rail bridge inspection work between 22:00 and 10600 for 1 night, 2^nd February to 3^rd February.
Queensway, Comeytrowe (Route D4) – closed for Wessex Water borehole work for 10 days, 3^rd February to 12^th February.
Tacker Street, Roadwater/Luxborough (Route M3) – closed for BT telegraph pole replacement work between 09:00 and 17:00 for 5 days, 4^th February to 8^th February.
A39 Puriton Hill, Puriton (Routes D2 and D7) – closed for private road construction work in relation to new roundabout for 14 days, 8^th February to 21^st February.
Enmore Road, Durleigh (Route D3) – closed for Wessex Water water main work for 3 days, 8^th February to 10^th February.
Luxborough Valley Road (Route M3) – closed for BT telegraph pole replacement work between 09:30 and 15:30 for 2 days, 10^th February to 11^th February.