Transport and Logistics Network
A lorry crashed on Newtes Hill in Tiverton, forcing police to close the road and warn motorists of significant delays on the busy back road to Cullompton.
The Mid Devon Neighbourhood Policing Team reported that the steep and winding road was blocked by…
A key junction on the M5 in Somerset has closed for three months as a £5.7m road upgrade scheme finally gets under way after years of waiting. The A38 Chelston Link Road (known locally as the ‘concrete carriageway’) connects junction 26 of the M5 with …
The official diversion will take road users off at either J25 (Taunton) or J27 (Tiverton) and along the A38. Sian Hughes, who lives in Wellington said the closure is going to be “horrendous”. She told BBC Radio Somerset:[1] “All of the traffic will hav…
The M5 southbound is currently blocked, with all traffic temporarily held on the motorway earlier, due to an overturned cattle trailer, according to traffic reports.
Traffic monitoring site Inrix reported at 5.10pm on Tuesday afternoon (June 3): “All t…
A rail service which would cut up to twenty two minutes from the rail journey time between Carmarthen-Llanelli-Swansea and Cardiff has been included in the five-year regional transport development Plan (RTDP) for south west Wales.
The South West Wales …
Falcon Buses will temporarily cease services in the town of Wellington for a few months during this year. It will take place when they M5 link road is closed for major resurfacing works.
Somerset Council[1] announced in late-April that it would finally…
Residents of Wellington and the neighbouring villages will have three opportunities to find out more about a £5.7m upgrade to a major local road after dates for public drop-in events were confirmed. The Chelston link road (also known as the ‘concrete c…
A lane of the southbound M5 has been shut in Somerset and Devon following a crash this morning (April 12). Reports of the collision from junction 26 near Wellington to junction 27 near Tiverton, came in at around 6:50am.
Roads and traffic monitoring we…
Residents in a Devon town reportedly faced chaos after a lorry crashed off a road and into a hedge. Photos show the vehicle came off the narrow road, near Collipreist Lane, Tiverton[1], and was wedged up against a nearby tree.
An eyewitness said the co…
A food delivery lorry crashed off the M5 and through a fence, coming to rest in a field alongside the motorway. Eyewitnesses have said paramedics are at the scene of the crash, which has taken place just off the northbound carriageway between junctions…