On Monday 4th March, Openreach will be working on Wembdon Rise, between Homburg Way and Inwood Road. They will have temporary traffic lights in place from 09:30 to 15:30. A pedestrian walkway will be provided through the works.
From Wednesday 6th to Friday 8th March, Wessex Water will have termporary traffic lights at the top of Sandford Hill, by the junction with Skimmerton Lane and Moore’s Lane. They will be installing a water meter.
There will be temporary traffic lights from Wednesday 28th February to Friday 1st March on Wembdon Rise, between Inwood Road and Wares Lane. This is to allow Wessex Water to renew a stop tap. A pedestrian walkway will be provided through the works.
For further information about the work, you can contact Wessex Water on 0345 600 4 600.
There will be temporary traffic lights from Tuesday 27th to Thursday 29th February on Quantock Road. The work will be taking place to the east of Whitegates roundabout, between Danesboro Road and Quantock Avenue. This is to allow Wessex Water to repair a leak in a domestic water supply. A pedestrian walkway will be provided through the work area.
For further information about the work, you can contact Wessex Water on 0345 600 4 600.
We have just heard that there will be temporary traffic lights from Wednesday 28th February to Friday 1st March on Wembdon Rise, between Inwood Road and Wares Lane. This is to allow Wessex Water to carry out “Utility Repair and Maintenance Works”. A pedestrian walkway will be provided through the works.
For further information about the work, you can contact Wessex Water on 0345 600 4 600.
One of our parishioners has complained to the Parish Council that an advance warning sign placed next to the pedestrian crossing potentially obscures children waiting to cross. A Parish Councillor has phoned Wessex Water about this, and is expecting them to reposition the sign today.
The section of Sandford Hill between Skimmerton Lane and Sandford Farm Approach will be closed on Monday 12th February 2024. The closure will start at 09:30 and is expected to last until 15:30 at the latest, to allow Openreach to replace a telegraph pole.
Residents in the affected section should still be able to access their properties.
The official notice for the closure states that for for further information you should contact Sunbelt Rentals on 03700 500 792 quoting reference ttro540539N.
The works to construct the road junctions for the Cokerhurst Farm development are finally expected to start next week. The consultants for the project told Wembdon Parish Council this week:
“After a slight delay, we are now in a position to commence the works at Cokerhurst Farm. The official start date is Monday 12th February, however you may see some enabling activities this week; including delivery of plant and welfare equipment. Traffic management will be placed on the A39 from next week.
“Our appointed contractor, Montel Civil Engineering Ltd, will be issuing a letter-drop to local residents this week. Advance warning signage is also being placed along the key routes.”
David Collin, the Project Manager, has told us that temporary traffic lights will be in place from 8pm to 6am over the nights of Monday 12th to Wednesday 14th February while they install the traffic management and lane restrictions. Any future use of traffic lights will also be at night
Although the A39 will remain open, there will be a temporary 20mph speed limit and reduced lane widths for the duration of the works. Since the introduction of the 20mph speed limit throughout Wembdon, Wembdon Parish Council have noticed a significant drop in the volume of through traffic the village. Councillors will continue to carefully monitor traffic volumes while the work is taking place.
Two new junctions will be constructed on the A39: the more westerly will be a signal-controlled 4-way junction which will also provide access to a separate development on the south side of the A39; the more easterly will be a ‘T’ junction with the secondary access to the Cokerhurst Farm development.
The section of Sandford Hill between Skimmerton Lane and Sandford Farm Approach will be closed on Monday 12th February 2024. The closure will start at 09:30 and are expected to last until 15:30 at the latest, to allow Openreach to replace a telegraph pole.
Residents in the affected section should still be able to access their properties.
The official notice for the closure states that for for further information you should contact Sunbelt Rentals on 03700 500 792 quoting reference ttro540539N.
Somerset Council have told us that for there will be no collections on Christmas Day or Boxing Day. As a result, recycling and refuse collections next week will be two days later than normal. So, for example, collections will be made on Sunday 31st December instead of Friday 29th.
There will also be no collections on New Year’s Day, so collections that week will be one day later, e.g. Saturday 6th January instead of Friday 5th.
Garden waste collections will stop on Monday 25 December for a fortnight and will resume on Monday 8 January.
Recycling Centres will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day, but otherwise will be open as usual.
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A number of lanes, around Perry Green in particular, have flooded in the recent severely wet weather. This has caused extreme difficulties for some residents, in getting in and out of their homes, and in some cases there has been flood water entering their properties.
Wembdon Parish Council has raised this issue on many occasions, both with local landowners to encourage better maintenance of drainage ditches, and with Somerset Highways. Unfortunately, progress is very slow. We will continue to raise this issue at every opportunity, and thank all the residents who have given us their feedback on this.
The November Parish Paper has arrived from the printers, and our volunteers (your Parish Councillors) are out and about delivering them to all households in our Parish. If you haven’t received yours yet, don’t worry – it’s on its way.
If you think you should have a copy, and haven’t received it by the end of November, please contact our clerk with your name, address and phone number, and he will sort it out for you.
As usual, there will be some spare copies available at Wembdon Village Hall, the Parish Centre, the Cottage Inn and Greenway Garage. Or you can read it online.