Somerset on road to recovery after record wet winter
Somerset Council’s Highways teams are fighting back against what the authority has referred to as a ‘pothole pandemic’ caused by one of the wettest winters on record in the South West. Extra teams and machinery have been mobilised in the early part of 2026 to deal with the huge increase in potholes and other defects […]
Safety works at notorious Somerset collision site to start in June
Work on a major road safety scheme to reduce deaths and serious injuries at a notorious collision spot in Somerset will begin in June. The existing junction at Whitnell Corner near West Horrington, close to Wells, where the Bath Road B3139 intersects with the B3135 will be replaced with a new roundabout. The project was […]