The RNLI & Coastguard Search and Rescue Team will be running a joint training exercise on Wednesday 16th of August 2023 between 13:00 and 16:00.

During this time, you may see a RNLI vessel within the Bristol Channel and near the HPC site.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with the Hinkley Point C Community Relations Team –

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With effect from Monday 7th August, the 10:10 Service departure from Minehead to Bridgwater will operate 40 minutes earlier at 09:30 arriving at Bridgwater at 11:12. All intermediate bus stops to Bridgwater will, therefore, be served 40 minutes earlier.

This change is in response from requests from users of the service and enables passengers to spend 2½ hours in Bridgwater before the final service from Bridgwater at 13:40.

HPC Community Bus – from 07 August 2023 map and timetable

If you require any further information in connection with this notice, please contact our Passenger Helpline on 01278 393500.

Here are planned dates for the transportation of equipment from Combwich Wharf northbound along the C182 to the Hinkley Point C construction site.

We will be moving equipment on the following dates and times:

 All POSTPONED

Thursday 3 August       
12:00

Saturday 5 August
09:00
12:00
17:00
Sunday 6 August
09:00
12:00

Due to the size and shape of this equipment, these deliveries will be managed via an escorted ‘rolling roadblock’ and will take approx. 45 minutes to travel to site.

If you wish to find out further details please email: edfenergy@hpcenquiries.com or call us on 0333 009 7070.

We thank you in advance for your patience and support whilst we move some of the most significant pieces of infrastructure equipment required to enable us to complete construction of the new Nuclear Power station.

Kind regards
The Hinkley Point C Community Relations Team

Temporary Road Closure: ttro765783WS – Culver Street, Stogursey

Please follow the link to view the above road closure; https://one.network/?tm=134065810 and the link for the Notice 2:https://api-gb.one.network/downloads/tm/1111/03-notice-2_134065810_3595650_e46180f90f.pdf  
The order becomes effective on 04th August 2023 and will remain in force for eighteen months.

The works are expected to commence on 7th August 2023 and last for 3 days to enable Below Ground Solutions Ltd to carry out water works.

The contractor has indicated that access for Emergency Services through the site is not permitted on this occasion.

For any further information about this closure please contact Below Ground Solutions Ltd on 0798 366 0241, quoting reference: ttro765783WS 

Somerset Council’s waste services are preparing for planned industrial action by some of the county’s waste collection crews.

The council was informed this week that members of the Unite union intend to start industrial action on Wednesday 12 July.

Talks continue to resolve the dispute, but contingency planning is underway to try and limit the impact on residents if it goes ahead.

Though all efforts would be made to limit the impact, industrial action is likely to cause widespread and significant disruption affecting the majority of residents in some way.

The planned action follows unsuccessful annual pay negotiations with Suez UK, the council’s collections contractor. An initial 5.8% increase has been rejected by the union and a recent ballot of Unite members was in favour of industrial action. A further offer of 8% from Suez has also been rejected.

The staff intend to strike Wednesday to Friday each week in the four weeks from 12 July to 4 August. On the other days of the week staff taking action would not work overtime or be involved in catch-up collections, for example on Saturdays.

Three-weekly refuse collections would be prioritised, along with clinical waste collections and collections from communal locations. However, there is no guarantee that these collections will take place on time.

Recycling collections would be affected to a much greater extent as their crews are redeployed to support the other collections. The scheduling of the industrial action means some residents could go multiple weeks without recycling collections.

At this stage we do not yet know how garden waste collections will be affected.

The disruption will also extend beyond the days of industrial action as crews will need to pick up extra, accumulated waste when collections restart.

Mickey Green, Somerset Council’s Executive Director for Climate and Place, said:

“Talks are ongoing and we very much hope that industrial action can be avoided or resolved quickly.

“We know cost of living pressures are affecting everyone, including waste collection crews, but this action would have a big impact on residents across the county.

“We will continue to support Suez as it works to resolve the dispute, assisting where we can.

“If action is taken, we will make as many collections as possible, but some services will have to be prioritised at the expense of others and we would ask for the public’s patience.”

If industrial action does take place, the Somerset Council’s website: somerset.gov.uk/waste will be the best place for the latest information about disruption to service and advice on how to manage waste when collections are delayed.