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The transport studies provide strategies for future transport provision within the respective Dorset regions.
All the strategies will provide an evidence base for the transport element of the respective local plans of the former district or borough councils, and will demonstrate how transport facilities could be enhanced to facilitate the desired level of economic growth in these former district council areas between 2008-2026.
Following completion of the Purbeck Transport Study, the Purbeck Transportation Strategy (PTS) has been published. It provides an overarching strategy for future transportation provision within Purbeck.
The South East Dorset Transport Study identifies the initiatives and interventions that would ensure the area has an excellent transport system in the future, and provides the evidence base to help secure funding.
The transport strategy developed within SEDTS is the combination of a wide range of potential measures derived from a variety of sources. In preparing the strategy, the study has followed a step-by-step process in order to ensure that the strategy reflects the real issues across the South East Dorset area and examines the full range of potential measures before identifying and assessing an effective outcome. The study was undertaken for , and with the active participation by the client partnership which included the breadth of organisations with a responsibility for, or an interest in, the operation of the transport network in the South East Dorset study area- the local authorities (the former areas of Borough of Poole, Bournemouth Borough Council and the Dorset County Council), Highways Agency, regional bodies (Government Office for the South West, South West Regional Development Agency and South West Councils) and the Department for Transport.
View the full report into the South East Dorset Multi-Modal Transport Study
The Purbeck Transport Strategy sets out future transport schemes and improvements in the former Purbeck district.
These schemes will ensure appropriate routing of trips as overall traffic levels rise due to new development by reducing the attractiveness of inappropriate routes. Rail re-signalling in 2012 will help to reduce the barrier down time at Wool level crossing therefore reducing traffic queues. The Weymouth relief road signing strategy will encourage traffic travelling from Poole to Weymouth to remain on the A35 and use the new A354 instead of the A351 / A352 / A353.
These improvements will provide viable alternatives to the car, including for certain new trips and in the case of tourist services, will release capacity in the road network by removing car trips. Tourist buses will also be of benefit to those leisure related developments which are contributing financially to the PTS.
These schemes will encourage non-car modes for short journeys within the former Purbeck district for both residents and tourists, helping to reduce road congestion and to influence travel mode choice related to new development.
These schemes will help reduce car use for visitors and residents trips within the former Purbeck district, releasing capacity and relieving congestion in tourist hotspots. Interchange improvements will encourage use of public transport for longer journeys and may influence trip mode for journeys related to new development.
With fuel costs continuing to rise, widening people's travel choice will help them save money through reduced use of the car. New development must be located sustainably and encourage low carbon travel to reduce transport's impact on climate change.
The implementation of a Swanage - Wareham rail service will help reduce vehicular trips on the A351 in combination with other measures. The revision of the strategy now includes contributions towards the cost of this scheme.