Dorset Highways maintenance gangs are out across the county continuing to repair road damage.
To allow this work to take place safely, the area of the road being worked on will be closed. Daytime road closures are 9am to 4pm and night work is usually from 8pm to 6am.
We will do our best to keep you updated if our schedule of work changes. In November we will be repairing sections along the following roads:
A35 Poole Hill Roundabout, Bere Regis – 1 Nov to 5 Nov
Roundabout & approaches closed 8pm Mon 1 Nov to 6am Tues 2 Nov
Roundabout & approaches closed 8pm Tues 2 Nov to 6am Weds 3 Nov
Roundabout & approaches closed 6am Weds 3 Nov to 6am Fri 5 Nov
B3072 Manor Road, Verwood – 1 Nov to 6 Nov
road closed 9am to 4pm
B3157 Coast Road, Goose Hill, Portesham – 1 Nov to 10 Dec
24/7 temporary lights in place for drainage works
A31 Ringwood Road off-slip (Folly Farm) & Verwood Road – 8 Nov to 12 Nov
road closed 8pm to 6am
Station Road, West Moors – 12 & 13 Nov
road closed 8pm to 6am
B3165, Mutton Street to Hawkmoor Hill, Marshwood – 15 Nov to 17 Nov
road closed 9am to 4pm
B3165, Halscombe Bridge to Race Down Farm, Marshwood – 18 & 19 Nov
road closed 9am to 4pm
B3078 Stanbridge – 18 & 19 Nov
road closed 9am to 4pm
B3165, Three Ashes to School Lane, Blackdown – 22 Nov to 24 Nov
road closed 9am to 4pm
Norden Lane, Maiden Newton – 24 Nov to 26 Nov
road closed 9am to 4pm
B3351 New Road, Studland – 29 Nov to 2 Dec
road closed 9am to 4pm – NEW TIMINGS
A31 National Highways project
The A31 eastbound on-slip at B3081 Verwood Road will be closed from 8pm on Friday 29 October for ten weeks.
Drivers will be signed to travel west on the A31 & use the Ashley Heath Roundabout to access the eastbound carriageway.
This will provide National Highways with a safe working space while preparation work continues for the A31 road widening and bridge replacement, which will start in earnest in the New Year.
All planned road works can be found online.
Please use our online form to report road-related issues/damage. This goes directly to the local community highways officer for assessment.
Still no news of the road into Blandford by the tyre co.at Blandford St. Mary being re repaired ? It was left in a dreadful state in September last year after supposedly having potholes repaired. Traffic is travelling in the centre of the road to try and avoid the lumps in the road, and after rain, pedestrians get drenched when vehicles pass through the water lying at the roadside. PLEASE will someone sort this problem.
So encouraging to see the road surface repairs, they are needed.
One point I would like to raise. No doubt the re-surfacing comprise of ” chip and tar”, those living in close proximity to these roads can expect considerable increase in road surface noise. Check with national road transport reports and the ” chip and tar” rates highest with regards to road noise when compared with other surfaces. Why is this surface used? – its cheap and relatively quick. If you ever travel on the continent you will notice the difference.
West moors resident, HOW much longer are the road closure signs going on for at West Moors, wouldn’t be so bad if you ever saw men working !!! Causing chaos all around West moors .
I work in three legged cross and live in ferndown the diversion at these roadworks takes you to the closed a31. My 9 minute journey has turned into a 45 minute journey every night as I now have to go all the way out to Hurn airport to get back to ferndown. Someone should have planned this better!!!!
Very concerned that some of the new road surfaces are amplifying road noise to really intolerable levels in some areas, on the A354 going towards North Brook roundabout for example, really horrible for householders on that road, I hope that the Highways agency will address this issue, and put it right, and won’t cause misery in other areas where people live. Roads need repairing yes, but this should not cause negative situations as a result.