The Unofficial Weymouth & Portland 2012 Olympic Blog

The contract with Skanska construction for construction of Weymouth’s long awaited and hotly disputed £84 million relief road is due to be completed at County Hall on Wednesday 13th June.
Providing protestors don’t take the entire hall hostage to prevent the signing work should be due to commence early next year.
The project has enjoyed swift progress [...]

They lost the battle but are determined not to lose the war… the relief road campaigners that is!
Local MP Jim Knight warned of the plan following the revelation that the government could call a public enquiry over the long and disputed relief road which would give the campaigners the chance to use “every trick in [...]

The £77 Million Weymouth relief road project got the green light today as councillors voted in favour of approval. Work on the new road is now due to begin next year however campaigners have vowed to keep fighting the decision.
Our earlier post:
Today is the day the final decision regarding the relief road will be made.
The [...]

New information about the ideas for a light railway following the rodwell trail route have been released by engineer Andy Gaunt having received support from the local community.
His plan was for Dorchester west railway station to be sold and create a Docklands light railway style link between Dorchester west and Weymouth quay however the chance [...]

The South West Regional assembly have promised an increase of £18 million to Weymouth’s transport budget to help provide intelligent transport solutions in time for the 2012 games.
These ‘intelligent transport systems’ include park-and-ride schemes, modernised buses, improved road junctions, computerised timetables (as you may have seen in Bournemouth).
The recommendation now lies with the Department for [...]

The company behind the Bridport based Brit-valley railway have made a bid to create a light railway link between Weymouth & Portland serving passengers and freight, said to be worth £60 million.
The group is currently trying to secure scenic light railways across the Jurassic coast to boost tourism and would look to have the railway [...]

Dorchester is being considered by Olympic chiefs to be used as a park and ride base, hoping visitors will adopt the system preventing their cars from adding to Weymouth’s already crippling congestion.
West Dorset District Council recently have also been asked to support the recommendation in preparation for the 2012 games. Scheme details emerged due to [...]

The case for the Weymouth relief road hopefully made progress recently as members of Weymouth & Portland Chamber of Commerce (WPCC) presented the case for prioritising the project as although the Government has agreed funding, it has fallen down the pecking order to other projects currently underway in the South West.
Previous WPCC president David Beaman [...]

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Olympic Consultant Backs Relief Road