Gloucestershire county council have released details of the diversion route that will be in place for the planned resurfacing of the A38 southern connector and junction with cole avenue, more commonly known as the Quedgeley bypass.

Heading from Gloucester into Quedgeley the diversion will take you along the A4173 (Stroud Rd) into stroud then along the A419 past Stonehouse and then back up the A38 as shown in the image above.

This is the official diversion however it’s worth noting there are possible quicker alternatives.

Diversions follow A roads in favour of motorways as this ensures all road users have a usable route around the closure, vehicles such as mopeds/tractors cannot use the M5 for exaple.

If you are able to, travelling between J12 & J11A on the M5 would make this diversion much quicker as it cuts out travelling via Stroud/Painswick.

There are also B roads which could potentially be faster however these roads are smaller and could easily become congested with increased traffic volumes potentially making them slower. It would be worth sticking to the Motorway/A roads where possible as these will often be the fastest routes.

Information about dates and planned phases of the resurfacing works are available here.