Repairs to a sinkhole in Castle Cary are due to start next week and continue for about two months.
Volunteers say a new route would reduce traffic and help locals travel out of the town more easily.
Castle Cary and Yeovil Junction stations could become step-free, with design work set to get under way.
Plans for 49 houses have been submitted for Burfitt Road by developers Backhouse Housing.
Dozens of finalists are honoured at the BBC Radio Somerset Make a Difference Awards.
People living in Castle Cary, Somerset, say the sinkhole has become a local landmark.
A look at the stories trending across the West of England on Thursday, 3 July.
Feathers McGraw and Spongebob are among more than 120 scarecrows created for the competition.
Station Road Castle Cary was closed for emergency sinkhole repairs at the weekend.
