Dorset Road Infrastructure Improvements. Dorset is a very expensive area to build in, but has less transport demands than other counties. So although the.

Dorset Road Infrastructure Improvements.

•Dorset is a very expensive area to build in, but has less transport demands than other counties. So although the money buys less, it doesn’t need a motorway, it just needs a reasonable transport structure other decent single carriageways, and a strong dual carriageway backbone.

•Other counties need more lanes, and more roads, Dorset needs one trunk road, and good link roads to the towns alongside.

•Most of the roads already exist, they just need straightening and widening.

•The bare minimum is to tackle the congestion

•The next target is to add safer roads with good over taking places

•The ultimate target is an renovation to our trunk road that carries people from one end of the county to the other, and bypasses the Poole and Bournemouth conurbation with seriously powerful link roads to the heart of this area.

•There is environmentally protected land, but there are alternatives – but these are more costly.

•Building costs are still rising in Dorset, if we don’t build now, the costs will double very soon.

The very bare minimum plan for Dorset to achieve the goal of tackling the most congested spots.

Total Cost: £555M

Poole Link Road £150M (Ameysford roundabout to Mannings Heath roundabout)

Grade separated dual carriageway

Dumbbell junction A341

Dumbbell junction B3073

Wallisdown Bypass £120M (Alderney roundabout to A338 Richmond Hill Speed Camera)

Grade separated dual carriageway

Dumbbell junction A3040

Ringwood Junction A31 £20M

Westbound carriageway widened to 3 lanes from Ringwood to Ashley Heath

Christchurch Bypass £100M (BlackWater junction to Christchurch Bypass)

Dual carriageway – no junctions

BlackWater Junction rebuilt as motorway style junction

Wareham Link Road £100M (Baker Arms roundabout to Wareham Bypass North roundabout)

Dual carriageway - at grade

Roundabout access for Holton Heath

Roundabout (link single carriageway road) to Morden Road

Puddletown Bypass extension £50M (Bockhampton to Stinsford Roundabout)

Dual carriageway – LILO junctions only

Wool Northern Bypass £15M (Woolbridge Manor to Burton Cross roundabout)

Single Carriageway – no junctions

The bare minimum with expandability, the goal being to improve safety on dangerous roads and link towns with the main road network. As well as providing the safest overtaking options.

Defining ‘Fixed 3 lane sections’ as a 3 lane road where only one direction may use it, mininum ¾ mile. As A303 Illchester bypass.

Additional Cost: £180M

Swanage Link Road £80M (Corfe Castle to Swanage, alongside railway line)

Single carriageway with 4 fixed 3 lane sections where possible

Weymouth A354 enhancement £20M (Stadium roundabout to relief road)

Additional 3 lanes sections in each direction where possible

Wool Bypass upgrade to Dual Carriageway £10M

Dual carriageway from Burton Cross roundabout to Tout Hill roundabout)

Other Bypasses (single carriageway)

Broadmayne £20M

Lytchett A350 area £20M

Other Fixed 3 lane sections

A352, 4 sections £15M

A350, Roundhouse roundabout to A35, 4 sections £15M

The long term plan for Dorset, a single high capacity fast Trunk Road (A31) from Dorchester to Ringwood. (Renumbering Puddletown Bypass). A35 follows Wallisdown bypass, Upton Bypass, Wareham Bypass, current A352, joins A31 at existing Wareham junction on Dorchester Bypass.

Additional Cost: £410M

Bere Regis to Winterbourne Zelston £50M

Widen existing road, built new carriageway alongside

Grade separated junction at Bere Regis, link to Winterbourne Kingston road

Winterbourne Zelston to A350 £100M

Grade Separated (small) junction with B3075

Full Grade Separated Junction with A350

A350 to St Huberts Church £40M

Dumbbell junction with B3074 (and existing A31 downgraded to B3074)

St Huberts Church to Lake Gates roundabout £20M

LILO for side road access

Dumbbell junction for Lake Gates

Lake Gates to Canford Bottom roundabout £70M

New course bypassing Merley roundabout, existing road become slip roads

Full Grade Separation at Canford Bottom roundabout

Canford Bottom Roundabout to Ameysford roundabout £30M

Full Grade separation at Ameysford for Poole Link Road

St Leonards 3 lane Dual Carriageway bypass £100M

Upgrade to A350 from A31 to A35, serves West side of Poole and Wareham.

Cost £30M

Other nearby upgrades in other Counties

Upgrade of A338 from Ringwood to M4 to full grade separated dual carriageway, including:

Eastern Bypass for Salisbury

Wide Southern A303 Bypass around Stone Henge (interplex with A338)

Dual carriageway link to A36 (Southampton)

Cost £1.5BN

Benefits:

Major relief to A31 New Forest, and entire A34.

A338 continues past M4 as existing A419 continuous dual carriageway to M5 (bar 1 miles)

Completion of A303 Grade Separated Dual Carriageway to M5 using A358

Cost £500M

Benefits: Major link road from Cornwall / Devon to London completed.

Southern and Eastern Bypass for Lymington (A337 / A35 interplex to dual carriageway)

Cost £80M

Benefits: Major stress relief to Lymington

Major enhancement to free flowing traffic in New Forest

A31 (New Forest) uphill 3 lane sections, GSJ at Rufus Stone, and additional junctions to serve New Forest.

Cost £50M

Benefits: Help New Forest benefit from A31