The cost of a long-delayed bypass in Somerset is expected to top £105m – £40m above the original estimate – after fresh risks ...

Building a bypass around the congested village of Banwell in North Somerset was first proposed in 1927. The project, finally approved in 2023, was originally set to cost £66m entirely funded by ...

Work to build the Banwell bypass has restarted — just over a month ... We’re confident in the quality of the design and what ...

Areas of Banwell have been cleared to build the road and ease the severe congestion that has made the centre of the village a 'no go' zone for decades. But planning permission and funding was secured ...

Banwell parish councillor and bypass campaigner Steve Voller also welcomed ... “We will however look in the design stage for the new developments in the area so we can create safe roads through ...