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Roadworks clash ‘won’t be chaos’
TRAFFIC calming work at Colehill will go ahead at the same time as work at Canford Bridge, officials have admitted.
But Andrew Berry, project sponsor at Dorset County Council, said they will consult with the bridge contractor Carillion Civil Engineering to try and minimise the potential impact of traffic chaos. Mr Berry said: "If the Canford Bridge has works on it we then have to alter the way we work with this route or some elements of it.
"We will still endeavour to carry on with something but not with something that's going to have a massively bad impact."
As reported in the Daily Echo, traffic calming is being introduced on Middlehill Road, Colehill, and proposals include gateway features to mark the entrances to Colehill, wooden bollards, painted sections of road in muted colours, and narrowing the road in sections.
More than 100 people looked at the proposals, and the final design is being re-presented to the parish council, before the works, which do not need planning permission, start.
The Borough of Poole and Dorset County Council are also upgrading Canford Bridge, in a £3 million project which starts on March 31 and runs to December.
The bridge will be closed completely for 18 weeks from mid-June to October, and diversions will be introduced on the A31 west to Lake Gates and into Wimborne over Julian's Bridge.
Wimborne traders are among those who are concerned that such works will impact severely, not just on residents but on visitors to the town.
7:00pm Friday 28th March 2008
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CommentPosted by: terra firma, wimborne on 9:26pm Fri 28 Mar 08
is it a forlorn hope that if this traffic calming goes ahead, the emergency services will no longer use this route as their primary route.
We get quite enough unnecessary sirens now, often late in the day, and at periods when the traffic is very light! What will they do if vehicles are going slower and blocking their way?
is it a forlorn hope that if this traffic calming goes ahead, the emergency services will no longer use this route as their primary route.
We get quite enough unnecessary sirens now, often late in the day, and at periods when the traffic is very light! What will they do if vehicles are going slower and blocking their way?
Posted by: paul, poole on 11:31pm Fri 28 Mar 08
I bet it'll look splendid....
I bet it'll look splendid....
Posted by: Nick, Bournemouth on 11:12am Sun 30 Mar 08
[quote]is it a forlorn hope that if this traffic calming goes ahead, the emergency services will no longer use this route as their primary route.
We get quite enough unnecessary sirens now, often late in the day, and at periods when the traffic is very light! What will they do if vehicles are going slower and blocking their way?[/quote]
I think you are quite right. If the bridge is closed completely then there is a good chance they will not be using it.
[italic]However, if your mum has a heart attack it may take another 10 minutes to get her to A&E.[/italic]
is it a forlorn hope that if this traffic calming goes ahead, the emergency services will no longer use this route as their primary route.
We get quite enough unnecessary sirens now, often late in the day, and at periods when the traffic is very light! What will they do if vehicles are going slower and blocking their way?
I think you are quite right. If the bridge is closed completely then there is a good chance they will not be using it.
However, if your mum has a heart attack it may take another 10 minutes to get her to A&E.
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