Transport and Logistics Network
A crash involving four vehicles led to all traffic being held on the M5 in Somerset earlier this evening. Traffic queued following a crash on the southbound stretch of the motorway between J24 for Bridgwater South and J25 for Taunton this evening (Dece…
Serious flooding is expected across parts of Somerset[1] today and people in low-lying areas and near watercourses have been warned to be prepared. The Environment Agency currently has a number of flood warnings and alerts in place in and around Somers…
It is an L of an effort – and cost nearly £1,400 – but Britain’s most persistent learner driver has finally passed their theory test at the 60th time of asking. The driver spent an eye-watering £1,380 at a test centre in Redditch[1], before finally con…
Somerset County Council received nearly £5m from the Department for Transport (DfT) back in July 2020 to upgrade and resurface the roundabout at junction 26 and the Chelston Link Road to Wellington[1] (known locally as the ‘concrete carriageway’).
The …
A £5m upgrade to a vital road linking a growing Somerset town to the M5 motorway has been pushed back to late-2024. Somerset County Council[1] received nearly £5m from the Department for Transport (DfT) back in July 2020[2] to upgrade and resurface the…