Traffic lights and road closure during two months of A370 roadworks

Paul JonesJuly 9, 20250 Comment0

WORK to improve drainage and cut flooding on a main North Somerset road is underway – but drivers are being warned they face delays due to traffic lights.

North Somerset Council (NSC) has notified motorists of the beginning of a major scheme on the A370 Main Road in Flax Bourton, which will see the route improved between Backwell House and Old Angel Cottage.

Roadworks on the A370 at Flax Bourton include:

Renewing the highway drainage system
Maintaining existing highway drainage system
Replacing and repairing damaged ironworks.

Multi-way traffic lights are set to be in place during the first phase of the work, which will run until August 7, in place 24 hours a day, except for during the Bristol Balloon Fiesta, when they will be removed.

The second phase of the work, set to get underway on August 11, will see the route closed outside the graveyard and run for five days. There will be no access for vehicles, with access to properties only from either end of Main Road, Flax Bourton.

A diversion will be in place during this time and traffic marshals will be stationed at key points to advise on access arrangements during working hours.

The final stage of the works will be completed between August 18 and 29.

More temporary traffic lights will be in place throughout, with work taking place between Castle Farm to outside Old Angel Cottage.

Cllr Hannah Young, NSC cabinet executive member with responsibility for highways, said: “We appreciate these works will cause some inconvenience but it is an essential process which safeguards the condition of our roads for years to come.

“We are committed to proactively investing in our roads in order the prevent future problems and deterioration.”