Tag Archives: A39
Essential roadworks to address ash dieback on key road
Somerset County Council’s Highways team is continuing work to remove diseased and dangerous ash trees from our roadsides.
Essential resurfacing work on A39 at Dragon Cross
Essential resurfacing on a key road in West Somerset is due to take place early next month. The A39 at Dragon Cross near Bilbrook has historically been affected by flooding with a number of drainage schemes taking place at this location in recent years to improve the situation. The next step is to improve the […]
Overnight road closures for remedial works at Taunton Road Broadway
The A38 Taunton Road / A39 Broadway junction will be closed overnight for five nights from Monday 17 September to Friday 21 September from 7pm until 7am. This is for EDF Energy to carry out remedial works to the junction including kerbing, white lining and resurfacing works. Traffic will be restricted overnight as per the […]
Cycleway scheme wins gold in prestigious national environment award
A Somerset cycleway scheme has won a prestigious gold environment award in a national campaign to find the greenest individuals, companies, councils and communities. Somerset County Council and contractor Skanska competed against more than 500 other nominations in the Green Apple Environment Awards. The winning entry was a scheme to build a new 1.2km cycleway […]
A39 road closures in West Somerset
Please be aware that the A39 is closed tonight (Wednesday 18 April) at Billbrook in West Somerset from 18.30 until 23.30. The road was due to be open tonight after the completion of essential resurfacing work, but this was delayed due to the weather. A planned closure affecting the A39 at Carhampton has been delayed […]
A39 at Walton closed for resurfacing next week
Drivers are reminded that a key route between Bridgwater and Street will be closed next week for major resurfacing works. The essential work on the A39 Main Street at Walton is the latest phase of significant highway maintenance investment along the A39 corridor in recent times. Works start at approximately 7am on Monday 5 February […]
Advance warning of resurfacing on A39 at Walton
Major resurfacing works on a key route between Bridgwater and Street are being planned for early next year. The essential work on the A39 Main Street at Walton is the fifth phase of significant highway maintenance investment in to the A39 corridor between Bridgwater and Street in recent times. Due to the narrow width of […]
A39 drainage work postponed
Vital drainage work due to take place on the A39 at Dragon Cross next month has been postponed following discussions with the community. Somerset County Council needs to carry out drainage improvements on the key route due to historic problems with flooding. The work is complex and the road is a narrow so a temporary […]
Vital drainage work at Dragon Cross
The next phase of essential drainage improvements on a key road in West Somerset is due to take place early next month. The A39 at Dragon Cross near Bilbrook has historically been affected by flooding with emergency closures in 2011/12 causing widespread problems and leaving some drivers stranded. Work to improve the pipework under the […]
Road closure at Cannington for new cycle route
Part of Main Road, Cannington, will close from Monday 23 to Friday 27 October in order to safely carry out work to widen three pedestrian islands around the Cannington south roundabout for cyclists. The closure will take place between Cannington village and the Main Road Roundabout in order to carry out essential works for a […]
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