Motorists in Gloucestershire will get a first proper taste of some of the disruption to come as significant roadworks are due to begin on creating a new A417 bypass[1] to replace the notorious missing link section at Birdlip. Early preparatory work has…
Motorists heading out on the county’s roads in the coming weeks could face closures, diversions, and temporary traffic lights in many parts of Gloucestershire while improvements and upgrades are rolled out on the road network. This will include another…
A major project to upgrade Gloucester’s A430 Llanthony Road at a notorious pinch point for traffic has been completed bringing an end to months of misery for motorists[1]. Crews have been widening the carriageway to two lanes for more than 18 months.
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Motorists will be signposted to follow a massive 40-mile diversion taking them into a neighbouring county when a two mile stretch of road north of Gloucester is closed overnight this week. A stretch of the A417[1] in Hartpury will be shut from 8pm to 7…
A busy road in the Cotswolds has reopened following a lorry crash this afternoon. Traffic was moving slowly southbound on the A417 between Gloucester and Cirencester.
Gloucestershire Police are at the site of the crash and have closed the road southbou…
A trial date has been set for a teenager who is accused of stabbing his teacher at a school in Tewkesbury. The 15-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is alleged to have stabbed Tewkesbury School teacher Jamie Sansom on July 10 in an incide…
It’s not in Gloucestershire and it involves a drive down the M5 towards Bristol and all that can entail. But Cribbs Causeway has a gravitational pull that attracts many people from the county.
The Mall boasts acres of free parking, a food court to die …
A plane landed in the middle of a busy road in England halting traffic in both directions as commuters tried to get home.
Police were called to the A40 Golden Valley Bypass in Gloucestershire shortly before 6pm on Thursday evening following the surpris…
A busy road leading to the M5 was closed for several hours after a plane ‘crash landed'[1]. There were dramatic scenes as the light aircraft came to a rest on a central crash barrier in front of stunned motorists.
Police, firefighters and medics were a…
A grey Volvo V90 and a blue Mazda parked in a layby were involved in the collision on the southbound carriageway between Marcham and Didcot[1] at around 11.35am.
Police closed the A34 between the Marcham and Milton Interchanges until just before 5.30pm…
Motorists have been warned that roads leading to the The Royal International Air Tattoo[1] this weekend are going to be extremely busy. Up to 200,000 people are expected to attend the event at RAF Fairford in the Cotswolds and many of them will be arri…
A major stretch of the A417 in Gloucestershire is to have temporary traffic lights[1] for nine hours overnight from tonight (Monday, July 3) until Friday morning (July 6). It’s for drainage survey works as part of the major Missing Link road scheme.
Tr…
Massive infrastructure projects worth more than £700 million are taking place across Gloucestershire, from big improvements to junctions on the M5[1] to the A417 ‘Missing Link'[2] project to clear the Air Balloon bottleneck, requiring thousands of skil…
Sometimes roads have to be closed in an emergency, sometimes the road closure is planned. Gloucestershire County Council[1] announces road closures[2] in the county every week.
Below are all the roads and footpaths across the county which are closed fo…