The Council will be carrying out essential road resurfacing work to one of the main routes through Peasedown St John for two weeks during August.
The Council’s contractor Skanska will be starting the work on Monday 18th August. Resurfacing work will take place on Bath Road (the main road through the village) and Ashgrove.
The area affected will be from Church Road junction through to Eckweek Lane, but it is planned to reopen the Church Road to Braysdown Lane section within the first week.
Businesses will remain open as usual and there will be traffic marshals on site ensuring residents and businesses have access to frontages where possible during the works.
There will be signage to warn drivers, and bus operators have been informed in advance and will be re-routing services where possible during the works.
For the two week period there will be no parking on sections of Bath Road and Ashgrove between 7am and 7pm. Parking will also be suspended on Braysdown Lane to allow for traffic movement once the section between Church Road and Braysdown Lane reopens if required to assist vehicular movements.
Cllr Caroline Roberts, Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Cabinet Member for Transport (Lib-Dem, Newbridge) said: “We aim to carry out this essential work as quickly as possible during the school holidays so as not to inconvenience local residents and businesses too much.
“This is important resurfacing work to improve the main road through the village and we told local businesses and people about this as well as liaising closely with the bus companies to make sure they can make alternative plans.
“This is the second phase of work – the Council always planned to do this long section of resurfacing over two years, something we do quite regularly with schemes of this nature.”
Peasedown residents have received a letter and information leaflet through their doors. For further information, call contact Council Connect on 01225 394041.
Local residents, businesses and community leaders in Peasedown are now calling on the Council to show better project management than they did last year ahead of this resurfacing work.
Last October, one half of Bath Road – Peasedown St John’s main through road – was cut off as the council carried out resurfacing works.
Information provided by the local authority in advance told residents, businesses and bus companies that a five-day closure would result in the road being resurfaced in its entirety.
After just three days of highway works, work vehicles and equipment disappeared with the job only half finished.
Local councillor Nathan Hartley said: “Our community, especially local businesses, were prepared for the disruption, and many were happy to accept it in anticipation for a newly-resurfaced high street.
“However, when the council disappeared without finishing the project we were all left non-the-wiser.”
The closure also resulted in a major diversion of traffic, including 5 bus services per hour, via a narrow side road around the residential part of the village.
Community campaigner and parish councillor Karen Walker added: “Buses were re-routed via Braysdown Lane, which resulted in delays, blockages and traffic chaos.
“With little support or assistance from the council, our local Police team had to step in and help larger vehicles navigate the route.”
