At the end of this week, Dorset Highways will be carrying out work on the Weymouth Relief Road to preserve its road surface.
Starting on Sunday 7 April, for five nights, the A354 Weymouth Relief Road will be closed overnight while workers apply an asphalt treatment to prevent water ingress and surface deterioration.
John Sellgren, Dorset Council Executive Director for Place, said: “The relief road still looks and feels like a new road and, to maintain that, we’re carrying out what we call an ‘early life intervention’.
“We know that the most cost-effective way to maintain our roads is to seal them against water damage while they are still in a good condition, which is what we are doing on the relief road.”
The ‘Finaphalt’ will be sprayed on to the road to preserve its surface.
During the first two nights, on Sunday 7 April and Monday 8 April, the road will be closed from 9pm to 6am the following morning between Monkton Park and Jurassic Roundabout.
For one night, on Tuesday 9 April, the road will be closed from 9pm to 6am the following morning between Monkton park and Manor Roundabout.
The final two nights work, on Wednesday 10 April and Thursday 11 April, the road will be closed between Jurassic Roundabout and manor Roundabout.
When the road is closed an appropriate diversion route will be signposted, with traffic diverted onto the same classification of road as the relief road.
The £300,000 works will include replacing all the road studs and cats-eyes, as well as re-installing the white lines, and be finished by 6am on Friday 12 April. Dorset Waste Partnership will also be making use of the road closure to carry out a litter pick.
Thanks for this helpful info. Hope all goes as planned. opportunity to litter pick is great idea: should be done all over wherever feasible.
I live in the very North tip of Dorset at Bourton SP8 5DL. Our area has seen an exceptional increase in our rates which falls at a particularly hard time for us and the country. However this will be bearable as long as we start to enjoy some of the facilities as those afforded to other areas of Dorset.
Our Area Does not have a police presence (once a week would be an asset) the roads are far worse condition than are neighbor’s Wiltshire and Somerset. The speed limit through Bourton particularly past our primary school is still 40mph when most Dorset villages have restrictions to 20mph during start and finish of the school day.
Hi Barry, sorry to hear you feel your area isn’t getting the level of support needed. With regards to highways, we rely on these issues being raised through the parish council so our community highways officers can deal with them at a local level, ensuring that all solutions are considered.