\n Somerset Council said the road, located near Tamsyn Froom Architecture, between Chard and Clayhanger, was closed for safety reasons, although access is being maintained for local properties.\n<\/p>\n
\n The defect was reported to the council, and a spokesperson from the council said investigations found it was caused by badger activity.\n<\/p>\n
\n Before repair works can begin, a license from Natural England before repair work can start as badgers are a protected species.\n<\/p>\n
\n A spokesperson for the council said: \u201cThe defect in the road has been caused by badgers burrowing under the surface, causing a partial collapse. The road is closed for safety reasons, although access is being maintained for local properties.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe council is now working with contractors to obtain a license from Natural England before repair work can start, as badgers are a European protected species and it is a criminal offence to disturb them.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe defect was reported to the Council, and investigations found that it had been caused by badger activity.\n<\/p>\n
\n Photos of the collapse. (Image: Seth Dellow)\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt\u2019s really important for people to report defects when they see them \u2013 our online portal is quick and easy to use, and images can be uploaded. This is the best way to alert us – it goes straight to the team who can assess and schedule a repair depending on the urgency.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cFor very serious defects on major roads, this could be 2-24 hours, while other repairs will be between 7-28 days or later if they are non-urgent.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cPlease report road defects by visiting\u00a0www.somerset.gov.uk\u00a0and search report a problem on the road.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Somerset Council said the road, located near Tamsyn Froom Architecture, between Chard and Clayhanger, was closed for safety…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-505861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}