Huge plane to bring congestion to M4 this weekend
Police are warning of traffic congestion as the massive fuselage of an Airbus A321 plane trundles across the West this weekend.
The plane is being taken from south Wales to the ‘plane graveyard’ at Cotswold Airport on the Wiltshire-Gloucestershire border, and will take up two lanes of the M4 over two days tomorrow and on Sunday.
Measuring 20ft wide, 16ft high and 151ft long, it weighs 58 tonnes and will be ‘slow moving’ as it travels east along the M4 into the West on Saturday. On Sunday it will…
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No sign of end to delays after road's closure
There are no signs of an end to the traffic congestion facing commuters between Bristol and Bath after a council admitted it has no clear idea when a key road might reopen.The local authority confirmed the A431 Kelston Road would remain shut in Bath for the “foreseeable future” to avoid a potentially fatal and “catastrophic landslip”.Following subsidence caused by wet weather, the road is considered a risk to public safety. The B3110 Midford Road to the south of Bath has…
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Busy stretch of A303 to close for weekend
A stretch of the A303 in Somerset will be closed for the entire weekend due to roadworks. The project is to improve drainage on the road near Chard as a result of work starting tonight. The A303 between Southfields Roundabout (junction with A358) and Devonshire House (junction with A30) will be closed from midnight until 1am on Monday. During the closure diversions will be in place. Westbound traffic will be diverted on to the A358 via Chard and then onto the A30.
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