{"id":540763,"date":"2026-04-20T09:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/540763\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T09:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:06:10","slug":"ring-road-surrounding-somerset-agratas-gigafactory-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/540763\/","title":{"rendered":"Ring road surrounding Somerset Agratas gigafactory approved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In line with previous plans approved in May 2023, this road will include a wide shared use pedestrian and cycle path along its entire length, with new connections being provided to allow access to Woolavington Surgery via Crockers Hill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A spokesperson for Agratas said: &#8220;Public transport will be served on the northbound carriageway with a layby bus stop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The pedestrian and cycleway will connect to the existing facilities on Woolavington Road and the approved enhancement scheme, which will provide an off-carriageway connection between the villages of Woolavington and Puriton.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Councillor Mike Rigby, portfolio holder for economic development, planning and assets, said in his written report: &#8220;Currently, there are approximately 600 workers on site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Phase two of the construction works will continue over a period of 14 months, which will see an increase to around 2,900 construction workers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rigby added that discussions were ongoing with National Highways about improving links to the site from the M5 motorway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In line with previous plans approved in May 2023, this road will include a wide shared use pedestrian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-540763","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-gb","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540763","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=540763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}