Category: Hinkley Point

Road to Nowhere……still not finished

A few days ago the EDF/SCC works on the Taunton Road/Broadway junction, after bringing months of traffic chaos to the town, were finished and the roads open and things  back to normal. Or were they? Traffic is flowing nicely on 3 of the 4 roads but what‘s this? St Mary street still closed? Even though […]

EDF Endgame as St Mary street to re-open by end of month

At a special meeting at the Town Hall today EDF reps confirmed that works would start on the final phasing of the Taunton road/Broadway junction works on 16th of June and with the newly agreed night-working, St Mary street would be open by the 29th. The end is now finally in sight for the longsuffering […]

Light at the end of the tunnel for EDF roadworks?

Hard pressed town traders and Bridgwater commuters caught up in the traffic chaos caused by the SCC/EDF road works on the Taunton road Broadway junction will be told this week that good progress is being made , that the works are now ahead of schedule and that EDF are confident they’ll now have the job […]

Town Council ‘Still Not Convinced’ after round table meeting with EDF & SCC

Bridgwater Town Councillors who recently passed a motion calling for a halt to EDF’s ‘junction improvements’ programme and to revisit the idea of a By-Pass as a lasting solution to Bridgwater’s traffic problems today met with both EDF and Somerset County Council reps at the Town Hall to put their concerns to the By-Pass deniers. […]

Anger at EDF roads programme as Town Council repeats call for Bridgwater By-Pass

With the town of Bridgwater on the brink of traffic chaos due to a chain of works designed to ‘help’ the proposed Hinkley Point development, starting this coming week with the crucial Taunton road/Broadway crossroads, the Labour controlled Bridgwater Town Council has reacted angrily to statements from the EDF spokesman suggesting that the outcome will […]