Highway improvements

To request a new improvement to the highway, contact your town or parish council, or Elected Member. Read the highway improvements schemes policy and Rural Roads Protocol for more information about highway improvements.

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Working with Highways England, Bridport Town Council and Sustrans, we will be building cycle links into Bridport town centre.

Details on how we plan to consult with residents about the Active Travel Fund and how it should be spent.

Details of Dorset Council's plans to enhance Custom House Quay in Weymouth to provide a better mixed-use environment

A new road is being built by Dorset Highways to support the southern expansion of Gillingham.

Details of road and transport improvements planned for Gillingham as part of the Gillingham Growth Package.

In January 2022 Dorset Highways will be carrying out work to upgrade the shuttle traffic signals on Bridge Street.

Working with Network Rail, Dorset Highways is looking to provide a safer pedestrian crossing at the existing railway footbridge in Wareham.

In 2022, Dorset Highways will start work to build a shared use footway/cycleway between Station Roundabout and Saxon Roundabout.

In 2020, Dorset Highways will start work to remove the disused railway tracks along Weymouth harbourside.

Following a ten-month restoration by Dorset Council, Wool Bridge has now been removed from Historic England's At-Risk Register.