Dorchester Road is not closing and is not becoming a dead end!
Here is the evidence, please spread the word – this junction joins the relief road with Dorchester Road at the bottom of Ridgeway Hill.
Cars from Upwey and Broadwey can join northbound traffic and southbound traffic can leave the relief road to join Dorchester Road.
30cm of topsoil is being laid in Bincombe in preparation for the planting of nearly 3,000 trees and shrubs, including Hazel, Thorn, Beech, Holly, Blackthorn, Oak, Ash, Field Maple and Wild Cherry.
It will take around ten years for the trees to become established, by which time the area will have become a wildlife haven for birds and tree-living insects.
Fossils over 150-million-years-old have been recovered from the Weymouth Relief Road.
Experts working for road designers Amey, contractor Skanska and Dorset County Council were given a window of opportunity over the summer to explore some of the relief road cuttings.
An amazing array of finely preserved insects were found including caddice flies, lacewings, beetles, grasshoppers, crickets, dragonflies, damselflies and true flies – all the sorts of insects you would find around Weymouth today.
You may have seen this crusher on your way out of Weymouth - it’s crushing rock found during excavation.
The crushed rock is then being used on the scheme for drainage and sub-base for the road – very sustainable!
Aerial photos taken in August are now on Flickr – our favourite photos are the ones of the Bincombe underbridge.
Nearly all the pre-cast arches are in place for the Bincombe underbridge. They will form a small tunnel under the relief road which will keep Bincombe Lane connected to Dorchester Road.
It will take around another four weeks for it to be completely covered by chalk earthworks.
The lateness of the blog this week should be worth it – six new videos are now available to watch on the dorsetforyou YouTube account.
This one shows the recent construction of the Bincombe underbridge. You may have noticed the cranes sticking out at the hairpin bend as you go into Weymouth, you can now see what they were doing.
A new set of aerial photos is now on Flickr. They cover from the top of the scheme on Ridgeway down to the Manor Roundabout.
They really help visualise where the road is going.
