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Somerset M5 drivers face twin disruption alerts as junction surveys and abnormal loads overlap

Survey work for a £100m M5 junction and a convoy of slow-moving abnormal loads are both expected to affect drivers in Somerset within days of each other.

Motorists on the M5 in Somerset are facing overlapping disruption this week, as local outlets report two separate causes of hold-ups. Initial surveys are being undertaken as part of a £100m project to deliver a new junction linking the motorway to the Gravity enterprise zone [1], [3], [5], [6]. In a separate set of warnings, drivers have been told to prepare for significant delays because a series of oversized loads is travelling north at 25mph [8], [9], [10], [11].

Somerset Council is also encouraging residents to think ahead about their future care needs at a free health and social care information event near Taunton on 1 October [7].

Sources

  1. North Somerset Times: M5 lane closures planned amid new Somerset junction leading to 'gigafactory'
  2. North Somerset Times: North Somerset households could face another council tax rise over 5 per cent in 2027
  3. Weston Mercury: M5 lane closures planned amid new Somerset junction leading to 'gigafactory'
  4. Weston Mercury: North Somerset households could face another council tax rise over 5 per cent in 2027
  5. Somerset County Gazette: M5 lane closures planned amid new Somerset junction leading to 'gigafactory'
  6. Bridgwater Mercury: M5 lane closures planned amid new Somerset junction leading to 'gigafactory'
  7. Somerset Council news: Somerset residents invited to plan ahead at free health and social care information event
  8. North Somerset Times: M5 delays of up to 90 minutes in Somerset on these days due to 'abnormal loads'
  9. Weston Mercury: M5 delays of up to 90 minutes in Somerset on these days due to 'abnormal loads'
  10. Somerset County Gazette: M5 delays of up to 90 minutes in Somerset on these days due to 'abnormal loads'
  11. Bridgwater Mercury: M5 delays of up to 90 minutes in Somerset on these days due to 'abnormal loads'

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