Somerset: Vital road repairs scheduled for Taunton and Wellington

Somerset Council will be resurfacing roads in and around Taunton and Wellington in the New Year in a rolling programme scheduled to last until March 2026. The work is being carried out to improve the condition of the roads and the finished surface will look better and be safer to drive on with less risk of […]

M5 flooding: £6m motorway roadworks set to begin

The Somerset section of the M5 is facing four months of roadworks in a near-£6m project to improve drainage and combat the motorway’s consistent flooding issues. For the majority of the works, three narrow lanes of the motorway will stay open in each direction near junction 26 for Wellington, says the BBC. Some overnight closures […]