• Waitrose garage to close for five days

  By Prue_Reid at 11:28 on 30/11/12

  

  PORTISHEAD'S only fuel station is to close next week for a refurbishment – forcing motorists out of town to fill up their tanks. The Waitrose garage at Cabstand is to close on Sunday from 9pm for five days. The work is part of a changeover which will see Shell provide fuel for Waitrose filling stations across the country. The garage is the only fuel filling station in Portishead and the work will mean motorists will have...

• Roads still closed due to flooding

  By Prue_Reid at 13:11 on 28/11/12

  

  The following roads are still closed due to flooding. •Portbury Lane, Portbury •Failand Lane, Failand •Sheepway, Portbury

• Keep up to date with roadworks thanks to new website

  By Prue_Reid at 15:33 on 13/11/12

  

  A state-of-the-art highway information service is to be trialled on North Somerset Council website to keep drivers and residents up to date with forthcoming roadworks.   The website www.n-somerset.gov.uk/roads links to the map-based system which is free to use and allows users to view precisely where and when the road works are taking place, who is responsible for them and assess the likely impact on their journey times. The...

• Frozen chickens bring M5 to a standstill

  By Prue_Reid at 14:53 on 16/10/12

  

  HUNDREDS of frozen chickens brought the M5 between Clevedon and Portishead to a standstill this morning. The motorway had to be closed after a lorry carrying 1,000 frozen chickens crashed, spilling its load over the motorway. Police were called at just after 11.40am today after a chicken delivery lorry crashed into the central reservation on the southbound carriageway between Clevedon and Portishead. One lane of the motorway was closed...

• Roadworks in North Somerset

  By Prue_Reid at 10:31 on 19/09/12

  

  Work is scheduled this month on three road schemes in North Somerset costing nearly half a million pounds. A £60,000 road-resurfacing scheme in Portishead started on September 17 at Valley Road between the junction with Down Road and Weatherly Drive. The affected length of road is closed during the works and although access to properties will be maintained, delays may occur.  There will be a clearly signed diversion route...

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