Tag Archives: A39

Planning ahead for closure of the A39 near Street

A major engineering scheme to repair and rebuild the main road between Street and Glastonbury is being planned for later this year. The A39 Causeway near Street is showing signs of significant structural failure and has seen 67 separate visits to fix potholes in the past two years. Somerset County Council needs to reconstruct the […]

Essential resurfacing on busy road

Essential work to resurface the carriageway and rebuild kerbs on the A39 Bath Road in Bridgwater is due to take place later this month. Somerset County Council will be carrying out most of the work using temporary traffic lights to minimise disruption. These will be in place from Monday 22 February to Thursday 25 February […]

Eight weeks’ work takes six nights thanks to innovation by Somerset County Council

Crucial roadworks that could have taken eight weeks to complete were done and dusted in six nights last week thanks to innovative engineering by Somerset County Council. Workers have drastically strengthened and improved over 600m of the A39 at Cossington through recycling 99% of the existing road material to rebuild the carriageway. By using this […]

Long awaited crossing to be installed on busy A39 Main Road in Coxley

Work to build a new pedestrian crossing on the A39 Main Road in Coxley between Wells and Glastonbury is due to start next week. Members of the community, supported by former County Councillor Ron Forrest, have long campaigned for a safe crossing point. Funding for a Puffin crossing has now been approved as part of […]