Category Archives: Travel Delays

News of current and past travel problems and delays in the Somerset and Glastonbury district. Call back often for travel updates that may disrupt your journey times.

Plane fuselage causes traffic hold-ups on M4 in Wiltshire

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Plane fuselage causes traffic hold-ups on M4 in Wiltshire
An aeroplane fuselage caused tailbacks on the M4 and main roads in the West today as it travelled from south Wales to Cotswold Airport.

The Airbus A321 took up two lanes of the motorway on its two-day journey to the ‘plane graveyard’ on the Wiltshire-Gloucestershire border.

Measuring 20ft wide, 16ft high and 151ft long, it weighs 58 tonnes, it crossed the Severn on Saturday and today continued across Wiltshire on the M4, before heading north along the A417 to the east of Swindon to…

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Tidal surge causes River Avon to flood in Bristol

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Tidal surge causes River Avon to flood in Bristol
Roads were flooded in Bristol today as high spring tides and a tidal surge forced the Avon to burst its banks.

There was little disruption thanks to the use of flood defences – especially the barrier at Avon Crescent, Hotwells, which flooded earlier this year for the first time since the 1960s – but higher tides are expected tomorrow morning.

The council is warning drivers to plan ahead for their journeys as flood water is expected to affect the Portway, Avon Crescent, Cattle Market Road and…

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Planned roadworks in Bath, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire: Weekly summary for Monday 3 March – Sunday 9 March 2014

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Planned roadworks in Bath, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire: Weekly summary for Monday 3 March – Sunday 9 March 2014

The following summary of planned new and ongoing road improvements over the coming week is correct as of the above date but could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances. All our improvement work is carried out with the aim of causing as little disruption as possible.

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Planned roadworks in Devon and Cornwall: Weekly summary for Monday 3 March 2014 – Sunday 9 March 2014

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Planned roadworks in Devon and Cornwall: Weekly summary for Monday 3 March 2014 – Sunday 9 March 2014

The following summary of planned new and ongoing road
improvements over the coming week is correct as of [the above date] but could
be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances. All
our improvement work is carried out with the aim of causing as little
disruption as possible.

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