Upgrading key Bridgwater roundabout would have 'limited benefit' to locals A planned upgrade to the Cross Rifles roundabout in Bridgwater was scrapped by Somerset Council in 2024 - much to the chagrin of the local MP

The original plans to upgrade the Cross Rifles roundabout in #Bridgwater would have delivered "limited benefit" to local drivers and led to 18 months of #roadworks, #Somerset Council has stated: www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/2577577... #LDReporter #levellingupfund #A38 #A39

5 regeneration projects which will change Somerset in 2026 Five major projects, backed by central government funding, will see exciting changes coming to Somerset over the next 12 months

There's plenty still to do when it comes to regenerating #Somerset. Here are five big projects which will move forward in 2026: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2574056... #LDReporter #townsfund #levellingupfund #futurehighstreetsfund #Yeovil #Bridgwater #Wellington

Bridgwater faced 'another year of roadworks' without Dunball roundabout upgrade Somerset Council has completed a £10.7m upgrade of the Dunball roundabout in Bridgwater - and has responded to criticism about the project

#Bridgwater may have faced "another year of roadworks" if the Dunball roundabout upgrade had not been delivered in its now-finished form: www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/2564209... #LDReporter #Somerset #A38 #M5 #levellingupfund #townsfund ##activetravel #LCWIP @bwcyclecampaign.bsky.social

Regeneration of former Bridgwater hospital could begin in early-2026 The former community hospital, which closed in 2014, will be brought back into use via millions of pounds from the levelling up fund

#Somerset Council has put forward formal plans for #Bridgwater's new health and social care academy - which could finally begin construction on the former community hospital site next year: www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/2558105... #LDReporter #levellingupfund #CelebrationMile #NHS

Bridgwater Carnival 2025: every major development on the procession route The Bridgwater Carnival lights up the town for one night a year - but there's plenty going on along its procession route in the meantime

There's a lot of work going on all along the #BridgwaterCarnival procession route - and I've been taking a closer look at it :) www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/2557814... #LDReporter #Somerset #townsfund #levellingupfund #CelebrationMile #activetravel #Bridgwater

Bridgwater can spend £20m over ten years on improving deprived areas Local people will be given the final say on how the money is to be spent

#Bridgwater is one of 169 towns - and the only one in #Somerset - to receive £20m over the next 10 years for regeneration projects under the government's #PrideinPlace programme: www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/2550550... #LDReporter #townsfund #levellingupfund

Further road closures planned as Bridgwater roundabout upgrade nears completion Further evening and overnight road closures will be needed over the next two months to bring a major upgrade of a Bridgwater roundabout to a…

More road closures will be needed from Monday (September 15) to complete the £10.7m upgrade of the #Dunball roundabout in #Bridgwater: www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/2545354... #LDReporter #Somerset #A38 #A39 #M5 #townsfund #levellingupfund

Nearly £3.8m set aside for essential repairs to Wellington heritage site Nearly £3.8m will be spent in the coming months to make essential repairs to an historic structure on the edge of Wellington.

Nearly £3.8m will be spent in the coming months to make this historic Tone Works site in #Wellington fit for future occupants, #Somerset Council has confirmed: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2539836... #LDReporter #levellingupfund

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Historic Somerset site 'years of neglect' as reaches 'point of no return' A £20m plan to regenerate the major site is being reviewed

ICYMI, here's where thing stand with the planned £20m regeneration of Tonedale Mill in #Wellington: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #Somerset #levellingupfund

Historic Somerset site 'years of neglect' as reaches 'point of no return' A £20m plan to regenerate the major site is being reviewed

Nearly 18 months after the government provided £20m to regenerate Tonedale Mill and Tone Works in #Wellington, #Somerset Council is reviewing its plans for the site: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #levellingupfund

Historic Somerset site 'years of neglect' as reaches 'point of no return' A £20m plan to regenerate the major site is being reviewed

The Tonedale Mill site in #Wellington is reaching the "point of no return" as #Somerset Council begins a review of its £20m plans for the historic site: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #levellingupfund

Council 'failing in its duty' over Bridgwater roadworks, says MP There is significant disruption in and around the town centre

Over in #Bridgwater, local MP Sir Ashley Fox has been making his displeasure known about the #CelebrationMile roadworks taking place as part of the Bridgwater town deal: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #Somerset #townsfund #levellingupfund #A38 #Dunball #M5 #A39
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Start date confirmed for Bridgwater's new social care academy Nearly £20m for the project was awarded in January 2023

ICYMI, here's when work will begin to transform the former community hospital in #Bridgwater town centre into a health and social care academy: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #Somerset #CelebrationMile #levellingupfund

Start date confirmed for Bridgwater's new social care academy Nearly £20m for the project was awarded in January 2023

#Somerset Council has confirmed that it will still be able to deliver a new health and social care academy in #Bridgwater - despite having less than 18 months left to spend the #levellingupfund grant: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #CelebrationMile

Start date confirmed for Bridgwater's new social care academy Nearly £20m for the project was awarded in January 2023

Work to deliver #Bridgwater's new health and social care academy at the former hospital site on Salmon Parade will begin in the autumn, #Somerset Council has confirmed: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #CelebrationMile #levellingupfund