£18.8m A38 upgrade approved with M5 junction ‘throughabout’
Somerset Council has approved £18.8m of improvements to the A38 between Burnham-on-Sea and Barrow Gurney, with work expected to start in early 2027.
The scheme includes a 'throughabout' at the Edithmead roundabout near junction 22 of the M5, where traffic signals will route the heaviest flows through the centre of the roundabout to improve capacity and prevent queues backing onto the motorway.
The Government will provide £9m of the total budget, subject to Department for Transport approval of the final business case submitted ... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
