These are all the major roadworks schemes taking place in the Cheddar area in 2021

Cheddar's roads will have more than their fair share of roadworks in 2021.

Somerset County Council maintains a rolling list of all roadworks taking place in the county on its dedicated Travel Somerset portal.

Some roadworks will involve only minor incursion on the carriageway, or will entail temporary traffic lights.

Others, however, will involve lengthy diversions for both large and small vehicles, meaning motorists will have to plan more times for their regular journeys.

Here are all the new roadworks planned in the Cheddar area in the next 12 months which will involve some form of diversion for motorists.

PLEASE NOTE: all of the information below is sourced from the council's Travel Somerset website. It is correct as of December 15, 2020, and all details are subject to change.

Please note this list does not include ongoing roadworks which began in 2020.

January 4-6: Copsewood Lane in Stone Allerton will be closed to allow Gigaclear to undertake testing and repairs. Traffic will be diverted along Short Lane, New Road and Stone Allerton Drove.

January 4-6: Rughill in Wedmore will be closed to allow Gigaclear to install new fibreoptic cables. Traffic will be diverted along the B3151 Cheddar Road and Long Hill.

January 4-10: Barrows Road in Cheddar will be closed in two phases to allow enable Bristol Water to install a new mains connection and repair a damaged sewer. Traffic will be diverted along The Barrows, The Hayes and the B3151 Wideatts Road.

January 4-15: Heath House Road near Wedmore will be closed to allow Bristol Water to install a new supply. Traffic will be diverted along Wells Way, the B3139 Blackford Road, West End and Plud Street.

January 5-6: Dutch Road near Highbridge will be closed to allow BT to install new connections. Traffic will be diverted along the B3139 Mark Causeway and Harp Road.

January 5-11: Quarrylands Lane in Badgworth will be closed to allow Bristol Water to install a new mains supply. Traffic will be diverted along Badgworth Lane, Notting Hill Way, the A38 Turnpike Road and Church Lane.

January 20-21: Church Lane in Compton Bishop will be closed to allow Gigaclear to carry out ancillary works. Traffic will be diverted along Butts Batch.

January 27: Long Hill in Wedmore will be closed to allow Bristol Water to make repairs. Traffic will be diverted along the B3151 Cheddar Road and Rughill.

February 1: Grants Lane in Wedmore will be closed to allow BT to replace existing carriageway covers. Traffic will be diverted along the B3139 and The Borough.

February 1-4: Bay Lane in Draycott will be closed to allow Truespeed Communications to install new fibreoptic cables. Traffic will be diverted along Moor Lane and Wet Lane.

February 13 – March 7: Moor Green, Moorland Street and Old Church Road in Axbridge will be closed in three phases to allow Gigaclear to install new cables. Details of any diversions have not yet been published.

February 16-19: the B3139 Blackford Road will be closed to allow Bristol Water to install a new mains supply. Details of any diversion have not yet been published.

February 22-26: the B3151 Cheddar Road in Wedmore will be closed to allow Bristol Water to install new pipes. Traffic will be diverted along the B3139 Wells Road and the A371 Wells Road.

February 22-March 8: the slip road of Junction 22 of the M5 will be closed to allow Highways England to make improvements. Traffic will be diverted along the A38 Bristol Road.

March 1-7: the unnamed road between Cross Lane and the A371 Axbridge Bypass to allow Gigaclear to install new cables. Details of any diversion have not yet been published.

March 1-26: the A371 Upper New Road in Cheddar will be closed to allow Somerset County Council to make essential drainage improvements. Traffic will be diverted along the B3151 Cheddar Road, the B3139 Blackford Road/Walrow and the A38 Bristol Road/Turnpike Road.

March 8-22: White House Lane near Loxton will be closed to allow Somerset County Council to undertake earthworks. Traffic will be diverted along Shiplate Road, Sevier Road, Webbington Road, Old Coach Road, the A38 Turnpike Road/Bristol Road, Rooksbridge Road and Mendip Road.

May 27-June 2: Allerton Lane in Stone Allerton will be closed to allow Gigaclear to undertake remedial work. Traffic will be diverted along Notting Hill Way and Dunkerry Lane.

June 3-14: Brinscombe Lane in Brinscombe will be closed to allow Gigaclear to carry out remedial work. Details of any diversion have not yet been published.

June 15-21: Back Lane in Chapel Allerton will be closed to allow Gigaclear to undertake remedial work. Traffic will be diverted along New Road and Front Street.