Dorset Road Infrastructure Improvements Dorset is a very

Dorset Road Infrastructure Improvements. • Dorset is a very expensive area to build in, but has less transport demands than other counties. So although the money buys less, it doesn’t need a motorway, it just needs a reasonable transport structure other decent single carriageways, and a strong dual carriageway backbone. • Other counties need more lanes, and more roads, Dorset needs one trunk road, and good link roads to the towns alongside. • Most of the roads already exist, they just need straightening and widening. • The bare minimum is to tackle the congestion • The next target is to add safer roads with good over taking places • The ultimate target is an renovation to our trunk road that carries people from one end of the county to the other, and bypasses the Poole and Bournemouth conurbation with seriously powerful link roads to the heart of this area. • There is environmentally protected land, but there alternatives – but these are more costly. • Building costs are still rising in Dorset, if we don’t build now, the costs will double very soon.

The very bare minimum plan for Dorset to achieve the goal of tackling the most congested spots. Total Cost: £ 555 M Poole Link Road £ 150 M (Ameysford roundabout to Mannings Heath roundabout) Grade separated dual carriageway Dumbbell junction A 341 Dumbbell junction B 3073 Wallisdown Bypass £ 120 M (Alderney roundabout to A 338 Richmond Hill Speed Camera) Grade separated dual carriageway Dumbbell junction A 3040 Ringwood Junction A 31 £ 20 M Westbound carriageway widened to 3 lanes from Ringwood to Ashley Heath Christchurch Bypass £ 100 M (Black. Water junction to Christchurch Bypass) Dual carriageway – no junctions Black. Water Junction rebuilt as motorway style junction Wareham Link Road £ 100 M (Baker Arms roundabout to Wareham Bypass North roundabout) Dual carriageway - at grade Roundabout access for Holton Heath Roundabout (link single carriageway road) to Morden Road Puddletown Bypass extension £ 50 M (Bockhampton to Stinsford Roundabout) Dual carriageway – LILO junctions only Wool Northern Bypass £ 15 M (Woolbridge Manor to Burton Cross roundabout) Single Carriageway – no junctions

The bare minimum with expandability, the goal being to improve safety on dangerous roads and link towns with the main road network. As well as providing the safest overtaking options. Defining ‘Fixed 3 lane sections’ as a 3 lane road where only one direction may use it, mininum ¾ mile. As A 303 Illchester bypass. Additional Cost: £ 180 M Swanage Link Road £ 80 M (Corfe Castle to Swanage, alongside railway line) Single carriageway with 4 fixed 3 lane sections where possible Weymouth A 354 enhancement £ 20 M (Stadium roundabout to relief road) Additional 3 lanes sections in each direction where possible Wool Bypass upgrade to Dual Carriageway £ 10 M Dual carriageway from Burton Cross roundabout to Tout Hill roundabout) Other Bypasses (single carriageway) Broadmayne £ 20 M Lytchett A 350 area £ 20 M Other Fixed 3 lane sections A 352, 4 sections £ 15 M A 350, Roundhouse roundabout to A 35, 4 sections £ 15 M

The long term plan for Dorset, a single high capacity fast Trunk Road (A 31) from Dorchester to Ringwood. (Renumbering Puddletown Bypass). A 35 follows Wallisdown bypass, Upton Bypass, Wareham Bypass, current A 352, joins A 31 at existing Wareham junction on Dorchester Bypass. Additional Cost: £ 410 M Bere Regis to Winterbourne Zelston £ 50 M Widen existing road, built new carriageway alongside Grade separated junction at Bere Regis, link to Winterbourne Kingston road Winterbourne Zelston to A 350 £ 100 M Grade Separated (small) junction with B 3075 Full Grade Separated Junction with A 350 to St Huberts Church £ 40 M Dumbbell junction with B 3074 (and existing A 31 downgraded to B 3074) St Huberts Church to Lake Gates roundabout £ 20 M LILO for side road access Dumbbell junction for Lake Gates to Canford Bottom roundabout £ 70 M New course bypassing Merley roundabout, existing road become slip roads Full Grade Separation at Canford Bottom roundabout Canford Bottom Roundabout to Ameysford roundabout £ 30 M Full Grade separation at Ameysford for Poole Link Road St Leonards 3 lane Dual Carriageway bypass £ 100 M

Upgrade to A 350 from A 31 to A 35, serves West side of Poole and Wareham. Cost £ 30 M

Other nearby upgrades in other Counties Upgrade of A 338 from Ringwood to M 4 to full grade separated dual carriageway, including: Eastern Bypass for Salisbury Wide Southern A 303 Bypass around Stone Henge (interplex with A 338) Dual carriageway link to A 36 (Southampton) Cost £ 1. 5 BN Benefits: Major relief to A 31 New Forest, and entire A 34. A 338 continues past M 4 as existing A 419 continuous dual carriageway to M 5 (bar 1 miles) Completion of A 303 Grade Separated Dual Carriageway to M 5 using A 358 Cost £ 500 M Benefits: Major link road from Cornwall / Devon to London completed. Southern and Eastern Bypass for Lymington (A 337 / A 35 interplex to dual carriageway) Cost £ 80 M Benefits: Major stress relief to Lymington Major enhancement to free flowing traffic in New Forest A 31 (New Forest) uphill 3 lane sections, GSJ at Rufus Stone, and additional junctions to serve New Forest. Cost £ 50 M Benefits: Help New Forest benefit from A 31