Work to improve the ‘concrete carriageway’ which links Wellington to the M5 motorway will begin by early-2022.

Somerset County Council received nearly £5 million from the Department for Transport (DfT) in July 2020 towards a scheme which will improve the roundabout at Junction 26 and the Chelston Link Road to the town.

The fine details of the scheme, including any prolonged road closures and localised diversions, are still being worked out.

But officers have promised the work will begin soon, and will not clash with the ongoing upgrade of Junction 25, which is on course to be finished this summer.

Council leader David Fothergill confirmed the scheme would still be going ahead at a virtual full council meeting.

For the full story, see this week’s Wellington Weekly News.