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Wales & West Utilities is holding a further drop-in event for the local community to find out more about its major gas main upgrade works, which are currently ongoing in Taunton.

Work on the project in the West of Taunton started in March and involves working in the Bishops Hull Road and Silk Mills Road area. The £358,000 scheme involves upgrading 1.8km of metal pipes to long-lasting plastic pipes, and will ensure the continued safe and reliable supply of gas to local homes and businesses. me is

The project will require road closures and traffic management, and Somerset Council and Wales & West Utilities are urging local people to attend the drop-in session to find out more.

The event has been arranged for 21 May, from 2-7pm at Robin Close, Communal Hall, Bishops Hull, TA1 5EU. Here members of the community can ask any questions about the project and meet the Wales & West Utilities team, as well as those from the Somerset Council Streetworks team.

People will be able to find out about the next phase of the work which is due to start on 16 June on the A3065 Silk Mills Road.

  • To ensure road users, pedestrians and the workforce are safe during these works there will be various types of traffic management in place, including a one-way system on the A3065 Silk Mills Road, between the A38 Wellington New Road Roundabout and Mountway Road. On this section, traffic will only be allowed northbound, and will not be able to access the A38 Wellington New Road from the Mountway Road direction.
  • Prior to this the Bishops Hull Road phase completes around 9 June and it will see two-way lights in place on the A38 from 27 May for two weeks, with road closures of Bishops Hull Road and Comeytrowe Lane to reduce the red times on the signals. The lights will be under manual control between the hours of 7am to 6.30pm daily, to help mitigate any delays.
  • Road users are advised to plan ahead as there is likely to be some disruption at peak times.

Wales & West Utilities Customer Service Team is ready to take your call if you have any questions about our work. You can contact them on freephone 0800 912 2999.

Alternatively, you can contact us on X, formerly Twitter, @WWUtilities or https://www.facebook.com/wwutilities.

Wales & West Utilities, the gas emergency and pipeline service, brings energy to 7.5m people across the south west of England and Wales. If you smell gas, or suspect the presence of carbon monoxide, call them on 0800 111 999 straight away, and engineers will be there to help any time of day or night.