Construction firms on alert to £200m Dorset highways contract
Dorset Council is seeking early market engagement from suppliers interested in its Highway Term Service Works Contract, spanning five years, between 1 April 2027 and 31 March 2032. Firms are invited to complete and return a pre-market engagement questionnaire by 12pm on 6 May 2025 – ahead of a procurement process which is scheduled to start in March next year, says Construction Wave. The […]
Dorset children get active in national competition
School children in Dorset made an incredible 18,268 journeys to school by foot, scooter, bicycle or wheelchair in this year’s Big Walk and Wheel challenge. The Big Walk and Wheel is the UK’s largest walking, wheeling, scooting and cycling to school challenge. It inspires pupils to make active journeys to school, improve air quality in their neighbourhood, […]
July work in Dorset to protect against potholes
As part of its ongoing maintenance programme, a number of roads in the Dorset Council area are to be given an early intervention to seal against water and prevent pot holes. Known as road preservation, an asphalt liquid is sprayed onto the surface to seal small cracks, preventing water from causing more damage. Dorset’s contractor RMS […]
Dorset Road Safe Partnership seeks to reduce springtime motorcycle collisions
Signs are being placed in collision hotspot areas around Dorset this spring to help reduce the number of motorcycle collisions in the county. The road signs have been designed by over 2,400 members of the motorcycling community and have been produced by DocBike and Dorset Council, with support from Dorset Police, BCP Council, Dorset & Wiltshire Fire […]
Extra funding for road maintenance in Dorset
As its annual programme gears up for spring, with extra funding Dorset Council is set to bolster its proactive measures to look after its roads. This includes more pothole repairs, resurfacing and preventative treatments to manage road condition and maintain highway safety. £2.068 million each for the years 2023/24 and 2024/25 from the Department for […]
20mph approved for five Dorset communities
Five towns and villages in Dorset have the approval to proceed with the introduction of 20mph zones or speed limits. The town/parish councils for Langton Matravers, Bridport, Wimborne, Pimperne and Winfrith successfully applied to Dorset Council in 2023 for the new limits and zones. Residents gave their comments, support, or objections to the applications through […]
New section of Dorset Council sustainable travel route on Wimborne Road East and West open and ready for use
The major project of building accessibility improvements along Wimborne Road East and West in Ferndown, Dorset, funded through central government’s Transforming Cities Fund, has completed. The final section of this route between Cobham Road and Ameysford Road will be funded by Active Travel England and completed in 2024. The work to date spans 3.2km of improvements […]
Dorset Council asks residents to help shape travel and transport across the county
Residents, businesses and visitors are being invited to share their views on what they consider to be the big transport opportunities and issues across the whole of Dorset. Dorset Council and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council are running a survey from 22 January to 3 March 2024 to gather feedback and experiences. People are […]
Sweet recognition for Dorset highways team
An innovative solution to reducing energy consumption, and saving money, received special recognition this month for Dorset Council. The council competed against more than 800 nominations from around the world in the International Green Apple Environment Awards to receive a silver award at the Houses of Parliament. The council won the award for its electronic ‘hotbox’ situated […]
Yunex Traffic wins BCP and Dorset Council traffic signal maintenance contract
Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole (BCP) and Dorset Councils have renewed their traffic signal maintenance contract with Yunex Traffic for up to a further five years. Having already held the contract for more than 13 years, Yunex Traffic will continue to be responsible for maintaining all the permanent traffic signal and ITS equipment across the Councils, […]
