Dorset County Council will be carrying out a series of work on local roads. All this work is deemed major and will result in roads being closed over certain periods.

A full list, showing dates and locations can be found on Streetworks Purbeck

Thank you to everyone who attended the Parish Forum on the 26th.

To see the Presentation given on the day –click here.

Remember, we still need volunteers for the Volunteer Driver Scheme so if you are able to help, please contact Cllr Len Alderman on 403591 or the Clerk on 472327.

The roundabout will be closed from 7pm on Friday 4th October until 6am on Monday 7th October. Full details with the suggested diversions can be found on www.dorsetforyou.com/roadworks

Best advise – avoid this area completely if you can.

Come and enjoy the May’s Wood inaugural tree planting and Community Planting on Saturday 28th September at 2.30pm

Programme

Location Map

Next year marks the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. The Parish Council have invited a number of representatives from the various groups in the village to meet up and discuss and plan suitable events that all our residents can participate in if they wish.

Further information can be found in a dedicated section along with further ongoing projects being conducted by the Parish Council.

From the week beginning Monday 3rd March 2014, the “recycle for Dorset” collection scheme will come into being. You should, by now, have received a leaflet through the post explaining the scheme to you.

This service is already being used by 94,000 households in Christchurch, East Dorset and North Dorset. and the recycling rate in these areas has almost doubled, helping the councils save money and reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill.

Changes to the way you use your existing wheelie bin 

Dorset Waste Partnership is keen for you to reuse your existing containers where possible. Most houses in Purbeck currently use a 240-litre grey wheelie bin for their rubbish. When the new service starts in March, this will become your recycling bin and you will receive a new 140-litre bin for your rubbish.

This is because you will be able to recycle more, including food waste, heavy cardboard and plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays. You will receive a sticker to re-label your existing bin. This will be consistent with the service used elsewhere in Dorset.

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The Police & Crime Commissioner (PCC) is an elected official responsible for the governance and oversight of Dorset Police as well as working more widely with local partners, organisations and communities to improve community safety and criminal justice outcomes across the whole of Dorset. The PCC also acts as the “public voice in policing” – representing the views of the public in determining the strategic priorities for policing locally during his term of office.

With that in mind, Dorset Police want to make it as easy as possible for people to find out information relating to the work of the PCC and to make contact if/when required. One important element of this is their website which can be accessed via www.dorset.pcc.police.uk

Dorset County Council are nearing the completion of the policy change which introduced part night lighting.

The policy requires that A and B class traffic routes, roundabouts, town centres and roads with vertical speed humps remain lit all night, with all the remaining street lights being turned off from midnight until 5:30am GMT. This change will not amend any private roads or lighting systems, as only equipment on the public highway and owned by Dorset County Council will be affected. The map shows the extent of lights being switched off. All those lights within the black boundaries will be subjected to the part night lighting scheme.

It is intended to commence changes on site in the next 3 months, taking approximately 1 month to complete.

Further information can be found at www.dorsetforyou.com/partnightlighting

Dorset County Council will be starting work on the A351 Sandford Road cycleway on the 12th August and work will continue until about 7th October. The work is extensive and will involve carriageway widening, crossing points and drainage works. The work will finish by 3.30pm each day but there will undoubtedly be a fair amount of disruption. Towards the end of the work, the roundabout will be closed to all traffic for a couple of days and diversions will be put in place. As soon as we know the dates for the closure and the diversion routes, we will publish them on the Parish Council web site and on the Village Facebook page.

Dorset County Council is excited to announce the launch of a new traffic and travel portal ‘TravelDorset‘.

TravelDorset brings together all traffic and travel information for the whole of the county including live traffic alerts, road works, diversions, live bus and rail departures and cycling/walking routes.

This is a great resource for local residents, businesses and visitors helping them get from A to B whether it’s by road, bus, train, bike or on foot.

TravelDorset has a range of useful information to help you travel easily around Dorset by car, public transport or other means. This includes up to the minute traffic information, the location and cost of car parks and live information about bus times.

The website address is: www.dorsetforyou.com/traveldorset