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There will be temporary traffic lights on Wembdon Road between Northfield and Provident Place from Tuesday 20th to Thursday 24th July. Openreach will be carrying out “Utility asset work”.

In addition, contractors Kier, working on behalf of Somerset Council, will be closing Wembdon Road near Provident Place from 8pm on Thursday 24th July until 2am on Friday 25th. They will be carrying out patching work. For any further information about this closure please contact Somerset Council on 0300 123 2224, quoting reference: ttrnN-ttro464015.

There will be temporary traffic lights opposite number 42 Wembdon Rise from Monday 20th to Friday 24th July. Contractors for National Grid will be carrying out work on the electricity supply.

The July 2026 edition of Wembdon’s Parish Paper has arrived from the printers and our friendly Parish Councillors will be popping copies through all the Wembdon letterboxes very shortly.

Meanwhile, if you are impatient to read it, or you don’t live in Wembdon, you can download it from our website.

You will also find back numbers of the Parish Paper on our site.

The delayed roadworks in Perry Green Road will now be taking place from 15th to 19th June. Somerset Highways will be closing Perry Green Road for 5 days fo enable their contractor Kier to carry out drainage works. The closure will be from 75 metres south of the junction with Perry Green Farm Approach, southwards for a total distance of 101 metres, as set out in the Temporary Traffic Restriction Order. A signed diversion route is expected to be in place.

Access is expected to be maintained to any properties along the closed section.

For any further information about this closure please contact Somerset Highways on 0300 123 2224, quoting reference N3 – ttro923110N-DR001022-Perry Green Rd, Wembdon.

We have now found some further details of the roadworks along Quantock Road. A new main electricity cable is being laid on behalf or National Grid from a substation near the junction of Quantock Road and Wembdon Road to (we believe) the Cokerhurst Farm housing development.

The three way temporary traffic lights at the junction of Quantock and Wembdon Roads caused minimal traffic disruption last week. They were removed for the weekend, but have been reinstated this week. Once the initial work in that location has been completed, cable laying will continue westwards along Quantock Road. Three-way temporary traffic lights will be used when the work is near the junctions with Quantock Avenue and Danesboro Road, otherwise, two-way lights will be in use. There will inevitably be an impact on traffic on the A39.

We have no information yet on the potential impact of the work when it reaches the roundabout at Homberg Way.

According to the information provided by Causeway one.network the work could last until 10th July.

Further information should be available from National Grid on 0800 096 3080 quoting works reference numbers LN0832535529B and LN0832535529D.

There will be three-way temporary traffic lights on Quantock Road at its junction with Danesboro Road, and at its junction with Wembdon Road, both starting at 8am on 5th May. These will allow National Grid to carry out “Utility Asset Works”.

According to the information provided by Causeway one.network the work will last until 10th July, but as this seems to be a particularly long time for temporary traffic lights to be in place we are trying to obtain further details.

Further information should be available from National Grid on 0800 096 3080 quoting works reference numbers LN0832535529B and LN0832535529D.

Blakes Lane will be closed during the period 1st to 5th May. The closure will allow “Kiely Bros to carry out prep works, surface dressing and associated works on behalf of Somerset Highways”.

According to Somerset Council’s surface dressing notice, “each phase of the works will take place for one day within the stated period unless otherwise advised. The road will be reopened when no work is taking place.”

We expect vehicle access to be allowed to all premises on the affected roads, except for short periods when the location of the work prevents it. The recommended diversion route will be signposted.

For any further information about these closures please contact Kiely Bros on 0121 772 3800 quoting the relevant reference:
WD19/0326 – SD001368 – Blakes Lane – SD

There will be three-way temporary traffic lights on Quantock Road at the junction with Northfield, on 23rd & 24th April. Wessex Water will be renewing a stop tap outside number 50 Quantock Road (works reference PG30464410385001).

The planned closure of Blakes Road and Blakes Lane by Somerset Council has been postponed and will now take place from 1st to 5th May. The closure will allow “Kiely Bros to carry out prep works, surface dressing and associated works on behalf of Somerset Highways”.

According to Somerset Council’s surface dressing notice, “each phase of the works will take place for one day within the stated period unless otherwise advised. The road will be reopened when no work is taking place.”

We expect vehicle access to be allowed to all premises on the affected roads, except for short periods when the location of the work prevents it. The recommended diversion route will be signposted.

For any further information about these closures please contact Kiely Bros on 0121 772 3800 quoting the relevant reference:
WD18/0326 – SD001367 – Blakes Road – SD
WD19/0326 – SD001368 – Blakes Lane – SD