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Private toll route built across fields to bypass roadworks

Grant Prior 11 years ago

A local businessman has opened a temporary toll road for motorists frustrated by closures on the A431 between Bath and Bristol.

The route has been closed since February following a landslip.

Now Mike Watts has set up the Kelston Toll Road across fields surrounding the closed stretch of the A431.

Watts has spent £150,000 building the new 400 metre toll road and is charging motorists £2 a time to use the route.

The road has toll booths at each end and offers drivers an alternative to using a 16km diversion with repair work on the A431 not due to finish until Christmas.

Skanska is currently carrying out the £2m repair works to the damaged stretch of the A431

The toll road is open: pic.twitter.com/grbK5HElL8

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