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…
The lush green grass of the Cotswolds[1] is being torn up as preparatory work continues on the A417 Missing Link project near the Air Balloon roundabout. Motorists and ramblers have seen diggers removing top soil along the A435 close to Crickley Hill.
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Reptiles are being moved to special sites as preliminary work on the A417 Missing Link[1] dual-carriageway continues in Gloucestershire. National Highways has been prepping the site for the massive road building project by acting to safeguard the wildl…
Investigations into a fatal crash on the A417, which left one woman dead and another seriously injured, will continue today (Friday, May 12). The two-car collision, which occurred near the Air Balloon roundabout in Birdlip, closed the stretch of road f…
A major stretch of the A417 in Gloucestershire could remain closed until 8pm today (Thursday, May 11) after a fatal crash[1] claimed the life of a woman in her 40s from the Cotswolds. The collision near the Birdlip junction at 9pm last night (Wednesday…
A serious crash on the A417 has closed the major Cotswolds route[1] in both directions overnight into Thursday morning (May 11). It involved two vehicles and has seen a huge emergency response.
The incident, which was first reported at around 9.35pm on…
Residents say lorry drivers are using the route through Middle Duntisbourne and Duntisbourne Abbots near Cirencester as a detour, often when the A417 is closed which happens fairly frequently due to accidents.
HGVs are getting stuck in narrow lanes, ru…
Driving into and out of Gloucestershire will never be the same again when the £460m Missing Link scheme is completed in early 2027. But there’s a lot of work to be done to create a new 3.4-mile dual-carriageway to replace the single-carriage stretch ne…