We have been told that there will be temporary traffic lights on Sandford Hill on Thursday 14th and Friday 15th September. The work will take place at the junction with the Sandford Farm approach track, and will be to allow Wessex Water to replace a stop tap.
With no prior notice, National Grid have set up temporary traffic lights this morning on Western Way, close to the pedestrian entrance to Chilton Trinity School. According to the information on the one.network website, the work is expected to last until next Monday.
We have been told that there will be temporary traffic lights from Monday 18th to Wednesday 20th September on Wembdon Rise, outside number 26. This will allow Wessex Water to install a water meter. The footway on one side of the road will also be closed.
There will be a temporary 20mph speed limit on Quantok Road (A39) to the west of the Whitegates Roundabout while the two access junctions to the new West Bridgwater housing developments are constructed. The Temporary Traffic Order applies from 10th September 2023 until 31st October 2024 but we have been told that the speed restriction will only be in place when required.
The work is expected to start on Sunday 11th September.
The extent of the speed restriction can be seen on the plan.
Long-awaited repairs will be carried out to the safety surfacing in the children’s playground tomorrow, Thursday 17th August. The playground will be closed and out of use for the duration of the work. Wembdon Parish Council apologises for the lack of notice, but the date was not confirmed by our contractor until today. Obviously we would have preferred the work to have been carried out in term time, but we have had no say in the timing.
The need for the repairs was highlighted in the monthly safety reports carried out by GB Sports Ltd, and was approved at the Parish Council meeting on 12th June 2023.
At the end of last week three Parish Councillors spent the morning fitting strim guards to 30 young trees on Parish Council land. They then strimmed around the trees and added copious quantities of mulch, which will help retain moisture round in dry weather. The trees included the newly planted trees celebrating the King’s coronation and the late Queen’s life, and the remainder of the Queen’s copse in the Park.
The work was carried out following recommendations in the Parish Council’s annual tree survey report, carried out by Sedgemoor Tree Services. Further recommended work will be undertaken later this year by professional tree surgeons.
The Parish Council own approximately 200 trees, all of which have to be inspected annually as part of our insurance requirements.
Surface dressing will be taking place in Waldrons Lane, Moores Lane, Perry Green Road and Straight Drove between Wednesday 9th and Sunday 13th August. The work on each road will require a one-day closure, but no timetable of the closure days has been published. The roads will remain open when no work is taking place.
Durleigh Road will also be closed for surface dressing from 30m east of Haygrove Road for a distance of 620m westwards, also between Wednesday 9th and Sunday 13th August.
For any further information about these closures please contact Somerset Highways on 0300 123 2224 quoting the appropriate reference:
We have been told that there will be temporary traffic lights from Tuesday 18th to Thursday 20th July in Church Road, near Crossfield Close, while Openreach carry out work.
Somerset Council told us in June that Waldrons Lane, Moores Lane, Perry Green Road and Straight Drove were to have surface dressing carried out between 8th and 21st July. It now seems that this work has been delayed, and will take place between 9th and 13th August instead. The work on each road will required a one-day closure, but no timetable of the closure days has been published. The roads will remain open when no work is taking place.
For any further information about these closures please contact Somerset Highways on 0300 123 2224 quoting the appropriate reference:
The June edition of the Parish Paper has now been published, and your Parish Councillors are out and about popping it through your letterboxes. If you haven’t received your copy yet, you can expect it within the next few days.
As usual, there will be some spare copies available at Wembdon Village Hall. Or you can read it online.