NEARLY 100 roads across Somerset will be surface dressed this summer, Somerset Council has confirmed.
The council has published a full list of roads across the county which will be surface dressed over the next couple of months to prevent further damage and improve traction for drivers.
Surface dressing is a nationally recognised maintenance technique for sealing a road, improving skid resistance, and preventing water getting under the surface – which is crucial to help stop potholes forming.
It works by coating an existing road with bitumen, covering it with stone chippings and then rolling it.
Because the work is dependent on warm weather, the timings of each individual stretch may change at short notice – and could be extended beyond the summer if weather conditions prove inhospitable.
While most of the surface dressing will focus on rural roads across the county, the 2023 programme includes a number of main roads which are used by residents or holidaymakers.
These include:
Several sections of the crucial A358 between Taunton and Williton, on the western side of the Quantock Hills area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB)
Several sections of the A39 between Bridgwater and Minehead via Williton – including a section near a planned development of 350 homes
The A30 Yeovil Road at the northern edge fo the Crewkerne key site
The B3170 over the Blackdown Hills AONB near Taunton Racecourse
A council spokesman said: “Surface dressing is very much dependent on the weather and so our rolling programme needs to be highly flexible.
“This means that in periods of changeable weather, the planned start dates can change several times.
“In periods of good weather, we aim to put up advance notice boards further in advance if we can.
“Surface dressing at each site is usually completed within the day, although larger sites may take one to three days to complete.”
Here is the full list of all the roads which will be subject to surface dressing this summer:
Halse Road, Bishop’s Lydeard to Heathfield via Halse
A370 Bridgwater Road, nr. Bleadon
Brean Road, Brean
Wick Road, Brean (two distinct sections)
Crow Lane, nr. Bridgwater
Durleigh Road, Bridgwater
A359 Quaperlake Street/ Frome Road/ Cuckoo Hill/ Bruton Road, Bruton
Brewham Road, Bruton
Catcott Broad Drove, Burtle
Catcott Road, Burtle
A39 Cannington Road, Cannington
Oatley Lane, nr. Cannington
Bolters Lane, nr. Castle Cary (two distinct sections)
Field Lane, nr. Chewton Mendip
Chilton Road, Chilton Trinity
Moores Lane, Chilton Trinity
Perry Green Road, nr. Chilton Trinity
Straight Drove, nr. Chilton Trinity
Waldrons Lane, nr. Chilton Trinity
Hockley Lane, nr. Compton Pauncefoot
B3170 Honiton Road, Corfe to Devon border
A30 Yeovil Road, Crewkerne
Lower Severalls Farm Road, Crewkerne
Tinkers Lane, Cucklington
Back Lane, Curry Rivel
Ditcheat Hill, Ditcheat
Pound Lane, Downhead
Hill Lane, East Brent
Manor Road, East Brent
A39 Williton Road, East Quantoxhand & Kilve
A370 Bridgwater Road, Eastertown
B3139 Bath Road, Emborough
A358 Flaxpool Hill, Flaxpool
Berkley Lane, Frome
Feltham Hill, Frome
Feltham Lane, Frome
Friggle Street, nr. Frome
Limerick Lane, nr. Frome
Western Drove, Godney
A39 Bristol Road, Green Ore
New Road, Hambridge
New Road, Haselbury Plucknett
Puddle Town, Haselbury Plucknett
A39 Bridgwater Road, Holford
Furpits Lane, nr. Langport
Wetmoor Lane, Long Load
B3165 Martock Road, Long Sutton
Huntscott Road, Luccumbe
Coat Road, Martock
Station Road, Meare
Broad Lane, Meare Green
Holloway Road, Middlezoy
Station Road, Milborne Port
Green Lane, Nettlebridge
Great Street, Norton-sub-Hamdon
Higher Street, Norton-sub-Hamdon
Little Street, Norton-sub-Hamdon
New Road, Norton-sub-Hamdon
Norton Road, Norton-sub-Hamdon
Friarn, Over Stowey
Parbrook Lane, Parbrook
A361 Glastonbury Road, Pedwell
Catscrow Hill, Pitney
Culver Hill, Pitney
Gore Hill, Pitney
Hermitage Hill, Pitney
Middlefield Road, Pitney
Upper Pitney Road, Pitney
Pye Hill, Pylle
Knowle Bridge Road, Redlynch
Station Road, nr. Shapwick
Forum Lane, Shepton Mallet
Ham Lane, Shepton Mallet
Old Bristol Road, Shepton Mallet
Windsor Hill Lane, Shepton Mallet
Higher Shepton Road, Shepton Montague
Stawell Road, Stawell
Huntham Lane, Stoke St. Gregory
Chestnut Drive, Taunton
French Weir Close, Taunton
Head Street, Tintinhull
A39 Williton Road, Washford
Chard Lane, Wayford
Church Lane, nr. Wedmore
Snipefield Lane, nr. Wedmore
Partway Lane, West Coker
A39 Williton Road, West Quantoxhead
A358 Taunton Road, Williton
A39 Bank Street/ Priest Street, Williton
A39 Minehead Road, nr. Williton
A357 Anchor Hill Garage Road, nr. Wincanton
B3162 Whatley Cross, Winsham
Pool Cross to Cloutsham Gate, nr. Wootton Courtenay
Huxham Farm Road, Wraxall
Huxham Lane, Wraxall
Lye Lane, Wraxall
Mudford Sock, nr. Yeovil
Sock Lane, nr. Yeovil
For more details on each of the surface dressing schemes in your area, visit www.somerset.gov.uk/roads-travel-and-parking/surface-dressing.
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