The NIDR will connect Staplegrove Road to Priory Bridge Road and aims to ease congestion in the town centre.

BBC: Artist's impression of new Viridor building

The NIDR will link Staplegrove Road in the west of the town to Priory Avenue in the east, also giving access to redevelopment sites in Firepool.

BBC: Taunton ?21m NIDR road project faces fresh delay

The government has backed the council's move to buy land along the route of the Northern Inner Distributor Road (NIDR), following a public inquiry in May.

BBC: Artist's impression of new Viridor building