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The demolition of the Cooker King Building was one of the first tasks to be completed, which was required to create space for the road widening. If you missed the Public Information Event on September 2nd. You can still see the the latest highway plans here.
 Reckleford Highway Plans September 2009
Reckleford is a highway improvement scheme, which offers substantial long-term regeneration benefits.
The current road system requires incoming traffic from the A30 Sherborne Road to enter the Town Centre before it can rejoin the main Reckleford highway. This creates a “bottleneck” and diverts a high volume of traffic needlessly through what is in essence an historic part of the Town.
The project will enable through traffic from the A30 Sherborne Road to continue directly along the Reckleford highway without the need to enter the Eastern End of Yeovil Town Centre
The project forms part of the Eastern Corridor Road Study prepared by Somerset County Council.
This Study highlights the need to improve traffic flow through Yeovil and by doing so release development potential and enhanced public realm.
View Reckleford Plan
Reckleford Highway Improvements - Final Designs
Expected benefits will include:
- removal of road traffic from the Town Centre
- improvements to the public realm
- enhanced pedestrian links
- occupation of current vacant retail units in Wyndham Street and Sherborne Road
- opportunities for future street parking, which will help retail occupiers
- encouragement of private sector Investment into the “East End” of Yeovil.
Reckleford Public Realm Project
To sit alongside the road improvements to this area, is a scheme to enhance the green spaces of Reckleford, to create a new and exciting gateway for Yeovil. At a Public Exhibition in December the general public nominated their favourite landscaping scheme. Please see the scheme drawings below.
Reckleford Public Realm Works - Final Design
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