DORSET COUNCIL has issued a Notice under Section 14 [2] of the Road Traffic Regulations Act 1984 as amended. The Notice is needed in order to comply with health and safety regulations which require the provision of safe working areas and to minimise likelihood of danger to highway users.
The Notice comes into operation on 11 April 2021 between 0900 and 1600 and will remain in force for 5 days, however it is anticipated that the works will be completed by 15 April 2021.
This Order will enable Dorset Council to carry out carriageway surface treatment works. The effect of this Notice is as follows:
[i] All vehicles will be prohibited from proceeding along Dorchester Road, Stratton from its junction with Stratton Bypass (A37) and the Eastern Dorchester Road Junction for a distance of approximately 840 metres.
[ii] To impose a clearway and parking suspension as indicated by signs on site to prevent waiting or parking on the highway along Dorchester Road, Stratton from its junction with Stratton Bypass (A37) and the Eastern Dorchester Road Junction (in both directions).
Any vehicle waiting in contravention of any restriction imposed by this Notice may be removed under the provisions of the Removal and Disposal of Vehicles Regulations 1986.
A locally signed diversion route will be put in place to enable traffic to travel around the closed sections.
For further information about the work being undertaken, call Dorset Council on 01305 228100. To discuss this Notice, call Dorset Highways Traffic Team on 01305 221020 or email trafficteam@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk.
Find this information online at dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/roadworks-events.
7 April 2021 JOHN SELLGREN, Executive Director of Place, Dorset Council, South Walks House, Dorchester DT1 1UZ.
Any unauthorised Person who uses or permits the use of the road(s) indicated in contravention of the Notice will be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000 Team on 01305 221020 or email trafficteam@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk. Find this information online at dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/roadworks-events.