Dorset Highways maintenance gangs are out across the county continuing to repair road damage.
Due to the large equipment used, the area of the road being worked on will be closed. Daytime road closures are 9am to 4pm and night work is usually from 7pm to 6am.
In July we will be repairing sections along the following roads:
B3159, Goulds Hill, near Martinstown
daytime closure 9am – 5pm, 24 June to 5 July (weekdays only)
two-way lights will be in use overnight 5pm to 9am
Alderholt Mill Bridge
daytime closure, 3 July to 7 July (bridge maintenance)
Station Road (northern end), Stalbridge
24-hour road closure, 1 July to 18 July
Milborne Wick Lane, Oborne
daytime closure, 5 July to 10 July
A35, East Road Roundabout, Bridport
night closure, 15 & 16 July
B3159, Goulds Hill, near Martinstown
daytime closure 9am – 5pm, 16, 17 & 18 July
A357, Durweston
road closure, 18 July & 19 July
(closure already in place for flood arch replacement)
Portland Beach Road, Ferry Bridge to Hamm Roundabout (on behalf of SSE)
two-way lights 9pm – 6am, 19 July to 23 July (weekdays only)
Littlemoor Road, Weymouth
daytime closure between Dorchester Road & The Finches, 22 July to 25 July
Blandford Bridge (West Street)
two-way signals, 22 July to 30 August (bridge maintenance)
B3091 High Street, Shaftesbury
24-hour closure, 22 July to 2 August (drainage work)
A347 New Road, West Parley
night closure 9pm – 6am, 24 July to 26 July
Grosvenor Road, Dorchester
daytime closure 25 July to 30 July
A350, Steepleton Bends to Iwerne Minster
daytime closure 29 July to 13 August
Queens Avenue, Dorchester
daytime closure, 31 July & 1 August
In July, our contractor will also be carrying put premium surface dressing on some of our busier roads.
Road closure for major works
The A357 will be closed at Durweston – between the village and the A350 – from 22 June until 21 July while the road and it’s flood arches are demolished and new culvert structures installed.
A diversion route will be signposted along the A350. Local drivers may choose to use an alternative route appropriate to their vehicle. Please do not use private roads in the area.
I am a cyclist, paying a considerably a high amount of council tax from my monthly wages feel I need to make a comment. I have to cycle in all weather from my home in Broadwey to Chickerell every weekday to get to & from work. I use the shared cycle/pedestrian paths when possible for my own safety & so as not to hold up the very busy traffic. The hedges/foliage is often growing out half way or more over the path in some areas. It could cause a cyclist to come off their bike into the road! I have often had to dismount & try to swipe the greenery/branches/brambles out of the way with one hand to get through. I met with another cyclist a few days back that had got off his bike trying to get the overgrowth back so he could pass safely so I helped him as best I could with our bare hands & getting scratched with brambles. It really is not acceptable with the high amount we pay in council tax.
Is the Slip road leading off the A338 to Hurn closed tonight from 8.0.pm to 6.0am
Hi Michele, this road is now the responsibility of BCP Council. You can keep up to date with road closures and progress of the project by following the blog: https://news.dorsetforyou.gov.uk/big-road-schemes/
No mention of Portland Or making things right on Portland beach road
Hi M Perry, Portland Beach Road is listed above for 19 – 23 July, with the work being paid for by SSE to correct the trench reinstatement. Other than this there is no other surfacing works for Portland during July.
There are warning signs at Sturminster Newton Town Bridge of roadworks but nothing on this website.
What is the situation please?
Hi Bill, just spoken to our highways officer in for the area – we’re about to repair the footway that has subsided, with work starting on 8 July and expected to last around eight weeks. We’ll be using three-way lights to ensure there is a safe working space, so there will be delays in the area due to these lights – sorry.
The drivers of the lorries doing the works on the A354 are NOT keeping to the 20mph limit and are causing chipping to paintwork and windscreens. They have absolutely no regard for other road users. Please tell them that they need to behave like responsible road users and not idiots and keep to the speed limit the signs for which they put up.
Hi Tessa, sorry to hear about this driver behaviour. The 20mph signs should’ve been up – but it’s always difficult to get drivers to adhere to them.
Is the above information accurate?
The Goulds Hill roadworks are still ongoing and the road was still closed at 5.15pm tonight (8 Jul).
Is the road supposed to be open overnight as the signs and above info implies?
Hi Chris, our road repairs finished on Friday and Wessex Water are now working in Martinstown this week – but it seems the water company haven’t put any signs out to advise drivers of its work.
Our traffic team is in touch with Wessex Water and has asked for diversion signs to be put in place. Sorry for the confusion.
Wessex Water’s work should be finished on Friday but it means there is no access from Martinstown up to the A35 Monkeys Jump Roundabout, here’s the TTRO notice for it: https://portal.roadworks.org/downloads/tm/rc-ext-ttrn-public-notice-113635569-3167952.pdf
Thanks. I would suggest a big sign in Upwey at Stottingway St & Elwell St saying NO ACCESS TO DORCHESTER. It was chaos this morning.
This reply from Dorset Council is inaccurate. There is access from Martinstown to the A35 at Monkey’s Jump Roundabout. It is the B3159 from Martinstown towards Upwey that is closed. They are right in saying Wessex Water have put no advice notices in suitable places for drivers and the Road Ahead Closed signs were placed very close to the roadworks requiring drivers to turn around. The position of these at the bottom of Gould’s Hill was dangerous. Despite many requests this week Wessex Water have still not attended to this in a satisfactory way.
Hi D W, thank you for the clarification. I could have better worded my reply – I was answering with regards to commuters who use this route from Weymouth to Dorchester. I’ll pass your comments on to our traffic team who have been liaising with Wessex Water.
This is perhaps a strange complaint: that some much-needed patching is being done but the work is not on this website page and I don’t think the Parish Council has been informed of the patching schedule.
The road gang are doing a superb job here in Bradford Abbas. We’ve been years without proper attention being paid to our crumbling, pot-holed roads and lo, and behold, the road crew turns up and is scouring out damaged road and replacing with substantial patches. I spoke to Jason and the crew to thank them for a great job. Apparently these roads will be resurfaced after 6-8 months of the patches settling down.
Im a hgv driver which delivers to co op and one stop is the b3092 closed bath rd and will there be a suitable diversion for us