A38

The Highways Agency is starting the next phase of a £6 million scheme to replace the bridge which carries Merafield Road over the A38 at Plymouth.

In the first phase of the preparatory works crossover points were constructed in the central reservation to allow traffic to access the opposite carriageway to run a ‘contraflow’ system.

This second phase of preparatory work, which...

Plymouth City Council and the Chamber of Commerce have met with the Highways Agency today to hear details of a reduced timescale for the essential works to replace the A38 Merafield Road bridge.

At yesterday's constructive meeting between the Council and the Highways Agency it was announced that the estimated duration of the work has been revised to 52 weeks from 70, with approximately...

Tributes have been paid to a Plympton man who died in a horrific crash on the A38 last week.

The accident happened at 10.53am, Friday 5th September, near Smithaleigh, approximately one mile from Lee Mill.

Involved in the collision was a lorry and a pedal cyclist.

The cyclist was treated at the scene before being conveyed by air ambulance to Derriford Hospital with...

Police are appealing for witnesses after a motorcyclist was seriously injured on the A38 on Monday evening (11 November 2013).

Shortly after 7.15pm a Yamaha motorcycle and red Nissan Qashqai were involved in a collision on the southbound carriageway of the A38 at Wrangaton, South Brent.

The male motorcyclist was taken to Derriford Hospital with life threatening injuries and...

The family of one of the two men killed in a collision on the A38 in Saltash on Friday 1 November, has paid tribute to him.

Lee Skeldon, aged 27, from Saltash has been formally identified and named as the driver of the BMW 318 involved in the single vehicle collision at Whity Cross.

The other deceased man - the passenger in the car - has now been formally identified as Chris...

A driver had to be cut free from their vehicle and two children rescued after a car hit a tree which left the westbound carriageway of the A38 in St Budeaux close to the Tamar Bridge on Tuesday (29 October).

An ambulance crew and fire appliances from Greenbank, Plymstock and Crownhill were called to the incident which involved a single vehicle with one person trapped inside.

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A driver became trapped in his car after the vehicle left the slipway of the Exeter-bound carriageway of the A38 between Deeplane and Smithaleigh on Thursday morning (26 September). Police, paramedics and fire crews all attended the scene.

The car went into a field where three fire appliances from Plympton, Crownhill and Plymstock attended. Fire crews worked, alongside paramedics and...

An 18-year-old man from South Wales has been arrested after crashing twice on the road to Plymouth this morning.

Police in Devon would like to appeal to early morning drivers who may have seen a white Vauxhall Corsa being driven erratically along the M5 westbound and then onto the A38 heading towards Plymouth.

It is understood a white Corsa was in collision with another vehicle...

A muddy, messy section of footpath along the River Plym will be getting dried out as part of a programme of improvements along the river valley.

A half-kilometre stretch of riverside path that runs from under the A38 toward the sewerage treatment works at Plympton is prone to flooding and during wet weather is often passable only with wellingtons.

Now Plymouth-based Four...

Three fire appliances from Plympton, Crownhill and Greenbank were despatched to the scene of a three-vehicle road traffic collision on the dual carriageway in the Marsh Mills to Deeplane section of the A38 on Thursday morning.

Crews confirmed that drivers and passengers were free and clear of the vehicles and assisted with two casualties until the arrival of ambulance crews who took...