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Drivers warned as A-road to stay shut until spring

National Highways Work to the embankment along the A36. A construction worker is using a digger to clear trees and bushes. Metal fencing can be seen along the roadside with orange traffic cones.National Highways
Work is required to stabilise the southbound embankment on the A36

An A-road is set to be closed until spring 2025 to allow repairs to be carried out.

The A36 between Limpley Stoke, Wiltshire, and Monkton Combe, in Somerset, will be closed from 21:00 GMT on Sunday.

Contractors will carry out safety improvement work which will include stabilising the southbound embankment following cracking in the footpath alongside the road.

Hugh Campbell, senior project manager for National Highways, said the full closure would allow the scheme to be completed "safely and quickly, causing less disruption overall."

National Highways Cracking in the footpath can be seen alongside the A36. The path is uneven. Red traffic bollard can be seen between the bath and the carriageway.National Highways
The road, which connects Southampton and Bath, was closed for nine weeks in August after cracks were discovered in the footpath

“Once it's all complete, these improvements will benefit road users and the local community for many years to come," he added.

Diversions will be in place for the duration of the work which will also involve new drainage and netting installed on rocks above the northbound carriageway.

The road, which connects Southampton and Bath, was closed for nine weeks in August, after cracking was discovered in the footpath between Limpley Stoke viaduct and the village of Limpley Stoke.

The road reopened in October to allow essential works to take place on the A350 and M4.

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