Portbury Villagers Face Seven-Mile Detour to Get Home ; Residents in Portbury Will Have to Make a Seven-Mile Detour to Get Out of Their Village When the High Street Is Closed for a Week Because of Roadworks.

Evening Post (Bristol, UK) › February 15, 2009

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Residents in Portbury will have to make a seven-mile detour to get out of their village when the High Street is closed for a week because of roadworks.

North Somerset Council is closing the road to all traffic at its junction with the A369 at Martcombe Road for five days from Monday.

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Portbury Villagers Face Seven-Mile Detour to Get Home ; Residents in Portbury Will Have to Make a Seven-Mile Detour to Get Out of Their Village When the High Street Is Closed for a Week Because of Roadworks.

Motorists also face putting an extra few miles on their journey to work, as the route through the village is used by thousands each day as a shortcut to the M5 junction at Portishead.

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