Motorists in Poole facing NINE weeks of further disruption due to mains work

11:00am Tuesday 2nd October 2012 in News By Diana Henderson

SLOW MOVING: Traffic queues build up in Blandford Road, Hamworthy SLOW MOVING: Traffic queues build up in Blandford Road, Hamworthy

A MAIN road into Poole which has been dug up four times in the past six months is about to suffer up to nine weeks of further disruption.

Wessex Water is to replace a 270-metre section of failing water main at the entrance to the Turlin Moor estate and the main Blandford Road will be closed in one direction.

The old six-inch cast iron main burst three times in a month earlier in the year and residents suffered massive queues in a four-way traffic light operation.

Now after consulting Bor-ough of Poole’s transportation department it has been decided to close the road southbound from the Murco petrol station to beyond the Turlin Moor entrance – to avoid causing congestion in Poole.

Emergency vehicles will be allowed through and bus routes have been adjusted but from October 22 when work begins, residents will be un-able to turn right out of Turlin Moor, facing a seven-mile trip around Holes Bay to town.

“I’m gobsmacked about this,” said Bryan Cobb of Cobb Bros kitchen planners and furnishers in Allens Lane. “We have suffered for the last three years where they can’t get it right.”

He said: “It will definitely affect our customers,” and feared some would give up trying to get to them and go elsewhere.

And it will be a double whammy for the motorist in the run up to Christmas with Dorset County Council pro-posing to close one lane of the A35 Upton by-pass going towards Poole from Novem-ber 5 for five weeks to repair the Lytchett Minster bridge.

“The traffic in Upton is going to be horrendous again,” said Upton resident Pam Orchard. “It’s going to be absolute chaos. Why always Upton?”

Ian Drury, spokesman for Wessex Water said: “When this water main burst we had hundreds of properties without water and we don’t want that happening again.”

He said crews would be working from both ends and extra hours would be put in to get the main replaced with a plastic pipe as quickly as possible.

Comments(12)

mikey2gorgeous says...
11:23am Tue 2 Oct 12

Actually the distance from the end of Turlin Rd to Poole is only 4.4 miles not 7! If people shop around Fleetsbridge instead their journey is only 2.8 miles instead of their normal 2.5 miles into Poole.
Most people commuting to Poole from Turlin have the option of using the footbridge at the end of Foreland Rd and cycling the rest of the way.
The traffic through Upton will be vastly decreased as traffic to Hamworthy will have to use Holes Bay and the bridges.
But lets not let facts get in the way of a good storey, eh?

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BarrHumbug says...
11:35am Tue 2 Oct 12

4 times in 6 months! Obviously not Heineken drinkers LoL

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WfrpDice says...
2:12pm Tue 2 Oct 12

Actually the distance from the end of Turlin Rd to Poole is only 4.4 miles not 7!


If only this were relevant.
Unfortunately the only way out of Turlin Moor will be via Upton.
the only way to Turlin Moor will be via Hamworthy.

this means that no matter where you are going to or from you have to travel all the way round holes bay. 6 miles.

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paul.p says...
3:06pm Tue 2 Oct 12

Tch, what a palaver.....

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live-and-let-live says...
3:36pm Tue 2 Oct 12

the train from turlin moor to poole, and back, is a very good alternative to using the road.

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EGHH says...
6:42am Wed 3 Oct 12

What a joke! Even better when the Twin Sails is out of action!

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dancechamp says...
8:41am Wed 3 Oct 12

at the end of the day they're fixing it for good this time instead of just repairing the issue they are replacing their equipment so why moan this should be the final time. I bet the business would rather be with less customers for a few weeks than constantly at risk of no water supply?

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Victor_Meldrew_Lives! says...
10:02am Fri 5 Oct 12

Feel sorry for the people who live in Turlin however the casual visitor no doubt like me doesn't like going there anyway and will not need much persuading to avoid.

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benjamin says...
4:49pm Mon 8 Oct 12

What is needed is a water taxi service from Turlin Moor to Poole Quay.

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benjamin says...
4:53pm Mon 8 Oct 12

What is needed is a water taxi service from Turlin Moor to Poole Quay. Or a rail car service to the quay via Hamworthy Park.

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Kazamoore says...
5:48pm Mon 8 Oct 12

I live in Hamworthy just the other side of the old railway bridge. I take my daughter to school in Upton and work in Wimborne - this will mean I have to do the long diversion 3 times a day minimum, which will double my petrol bill if not more. I know it needs to be sorted but there is no allowance for residents what so ever. Furious!

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Kazamoore says...
5:55pm Mon 8 Oct 12

..... it doesn't just affect those living on Turlin Moor!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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