National Highways completes A303 Somerset upgrade

National Highways’ A303 Sparkford to Ilchester upgrade in Somerset has opened to traffic today, seeing a 3.5-mile section of single carriageway improved to a dual carriageway. The company says this will promote economic growth, improve journey times, and increase safety by unlocking a major bottleneck in the county because the new section will significantly reduce […]

A358 Taunton to Southfields upgrade paused

The scheme to upgrade the A358 to dual carriageway between Southfields Roundabout on the A303 and the M5 at Taunton in Somerset has been paused in its current form, due to a number of what National Highways has referred to as ‘affordability challenges’. The Preferred Route Protection remains in place while the future of the […]

Somerset reveals roads to undergo improvements this summer

Nearly 150 roads across Somerset will be surface dressed this summer as Somerset Council and its new highways contractor embark on a lengthy programme of repairs. Road surface treatment specialists Kiely Bros. was awarded a four-year contract by the council effective from April 1 to carry out a range of highway services, including surface dressing. […]