Night work will start on Monday 2 November to lift the Manor Railway Bridge beams into place.
The work has to be done at night when the railway line is not in use and the power can be switched off.
Read more about it here.
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Night work
October 27, 2009Conservation work
October 13, 2009
Hay from Tidmoor Ranges at Chickerell, which is known to have a good range of wildflowers in it, has been spread over maize fields next to Horse Lynch Plantation, known locally as Teddy Bear Woods, as a seed source.
This will be supplemented with wildflower seeds, collected by Dorset County Council, to restore the fields to provide an abundance of local wildflowers.
The work follows a series of arson attacks over the summer in the relief road conservation area, which runs from just to the east of Horse Lynch Plantation across to the Dorset Wildlife Trust Reserve.
Read more about it here.
Bridleway improvements
October 5, 2009
Work is starting this week on improvements to bridleway BR30, which runs along the edge of Two Mile Coppice.
No more than ten small to medium trees will be coppiced, they have been surveyed for their wildlife value and none of them are ancient.
Ultimately the work, which has been approved by Natural England, will provide a stable gravel surface, which will be useable all year round and ensure the safety of horse riders.
Read more here.
New road layout
September 30, 2009
Work to build a new Manor Roundabout for the Weymouth Relief Road is getting underway.
On Monday 5 October work will start to install the temporary road layout that will ensure motorists are not disrupted by the construction of the new Manor Roundabout.
Read more here.
Geology uncovered!
September 21, 2009
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.
Lights on Ridgeway
September 10, 2009
From Monday 14 September, for one week, there will be temporary traffic lights near to the Swallows Rest Bed and Breakfast near Ridgeway Hill on the A354 .
The lights are needed while a BT cable is diverted away from the line of the relief road. The lights will be monitored to ensure the flow of traffic is not severely interrupted.
View the full press release here.
Bones dated
July 10, 2009
The remains found in a mass burial pit on Ridgeway have been dated to the late Saxon period. Radio carbon dating places the remains between AD 890 and AD 1030.
Read more about it in the press release issued.
Unique burial pit discovered
June 11, 2009
Archaeologists working on the relief road have discovered an incredible burial pit of skulls and other skeleton parts. The remains are thought to date between late Iron Age to early Roman times. It really is an amazing sight.
To read more about it view the press release issued.
