First Bus Group have recently announced plans to withdraw their hourly bus service from Martinstown and Winterbourne Steepleton and run the 31 service along the A35 instead.  First Bus are proposing just one early service to Dorchester for workers and a return at the end of the afternoon.  This will leave Martinstown with just the 211 […]

The verges at McDonalds by Monkeys Jump roundabout are now worse than ever and need to be dealt with.  I met today with the Local Manager and County Officers to find a way forward to stop the illegal parking.  Options being considered include more bollards, double yellow lines, creating proper parking bays or turning the restaurant into a […]

There’s good news as the County Council has agreed today to spend an extra £50,000 on cutting the grass verges this year.  This is in response to many complaints about the lack of cutting in the last two years.  A couple of extra work teams will be created to act as a flying squad to […]

The South Winterbourne Community Action Flood Group has done a great job of organising volunteers to help clear the river bed and ensure the smooth flowing of the water, which has meant that there hasn’t been any major flooding this year.  The Group has asked the County Council for £5,000 to provide financial support to […]

After much pressure Dorset County Council has designed a process that will enable local communities to get 20mph speed limits where they want them.  Step 1 is to get a Prioritisation Rating based on such things as accidents in the last three years, the current speed of traffic, proximity to schools, hospitals, residential homes etc and […]

The cutting of grass verges along the highway has been inadequate over the last two years.  Poor timing has seen wild flowers cut down and the verges cut too infrequently to keep the grass under control.  Part of the problem has been poor management and part has been caused by leaving the cuttings on the ground […]

I am strongly supporting the calls by residents in the villages of Martinstown, Winterbourne Abbas and Winterbourne Steepleton for speedy action to tackle local flooding issues and improve flood management.  Today’s public meeting in Martinstown Village Hall was a step in the right direction but agencies, such as the Highways Authority and Dorset County Council, need […]

Finding an empty parking space in Dorchester is about to get a lot easier.  The first step has been to install signs at each car park stating how many empty spaces there are available.  Next will come signs at the entrance ways into the town listing the car parks and letting you know where the empty spaces […]

The next four years will see a massive upgrading in Broadband speeds across Dorset.  All local major villages will get superfast speeds and even isolated houses will see their speed increase to at least 2 mbps.  If you want to know when this new service will be available to you then click here http://mapping.dorsetforyou.com/superfast/availability/map find where […]

We’re into the second year of getting only six cuts a year to the grass verges and the policy clearly isn’t working.  Our verges are getting ridiculously overgrown, weeds are thriving and there’s an awful mess left after cutting.  Also the Council is struggling to deliver even six cuts due to equipment failure caused by […]