NOWHERE near enough detail has been given to explain how local roads would cope with a new Hinkley Point power station, a packed public meeting has heard.

Members of the public crammed into Bridgwater House on Thursday to hear Sedgemoor District Council give its formal response to EDF's plans for two new reactors at Hinkley.

The plans include a 900-space park and ride facility in Cannington and a by-pass around the village.

With 2,400 workers expected at the peak of construction, councillors said they feared local roads could struggle to cope under the plans.

Cllr Ken Dyer said: “I am totally against the proposals for the road.”

A by-pass from Dunball to the Hinkley road was suggested as an alternative route, but councillors also raised concerns they were not being given enough information to go on.

Cllr John Edney said: “I accept we didn't expect a blueprint, but I thought we would get more”, while council leader Duncan McGinty added: “The impact of the workers and transport are of considerable concern to us and are not fully developed in the EDF document.”

Sedgemoor District Council is a statutory consultee over the Hinkley plans, but does not have the final say over whether they go ahead. Stage one of the consultation ends on Monday.