With people being urged to cycle or walk instead of using public transport, Dorset Council is keen to hear residents’ views on changing the travel infrastructure in our towns and villages.
The last three months have been very difficult for residents who have been told to shield, and although some are now able to go out for socially distancing walks, many are still confined to their homes.
A cash injection of £1.6m by Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (Dorset LEP) plus £313,400 from BCP Council, will enable work to start this summer on the Boundary roundabout, which is at the east end of Wallisdown Road.
Following multiple fires that have had to be put out in recent weeks, the New Forest National Park Authority is calling on retailers across the Forest to remove disposable barbecues from sale and for a continued ban on fires and barbecues in the open countryside of the National Park.
If approved, plans to establish a new year-round attraction and enhanced amenities on Southbourne’s Blue Flag could be completed by summer 2023.
Almost 1,500 signs indicating ‘Keep Left’ and ‘Keep Your Distance’ are being erected in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council area as more shops prepare to reopen on 15 June.
New measures to manage visitor numbers to Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door have been agreed by representatives from Dorset Council, Dorset Police, Lulworth Estate and South West Ambulance Trust today (5 June 2020). They include a new pre-booking system for Lulworth Estate car parks, due to go live next week.
Although there are some handmade signs at the bottom of the steps at one of Dorset’s iconic beauty spots asking people to take their litter home with them, the piles of rubbish grow, with visitors leaving their waste on the beach every day at Durdle Door.
A Dorset-based British telecoms company, that designs and engineers wired and wireless headsets, has responded swiftly to increased demand for a hearing aid compatible headset.
Bonfires are now prohibited at allotments at Hightown Road and Southampton Road in Ringwood.
