Why not divert traffic during water works? (From Dorset Echo)

Why not divert traffic during water works?

10:50am Friday 29th January 2010

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I would like to endorse all points raised by Paul Pearson in his letter ‘Water work goes against the flow’ (Your Say, January 14).

However, I would like to add that some of the time spent undertaking the mains water replacement - that we have all suffered over many months along the Littlemoor Road stretch - was due to digging up parts of the road again.

This was to rectify the work that was done within this period and in part by the few workmen involved.

Are we going to see the work currently being done to exceed the stated four weeks?

I am not a betting man, but I am tempted to put money on the job taking more than four weeks to complete because, in part, they might need to re-do some of it!

I dare not mention my thoughts on working at night or from both ends at once or working between rush hour times, or for more parents to walk children to the nearby schools!

When serious accidents occur on the Preston Road, the police often divert traffic.

At least in part, can some traffic be diverted? For instance, traffic from the Osmington end which is going to Littlemoor or the Dorchester Road can be diverted along Seven Acres Road through to Coombe Valley Road and Littlemoor Road, so reducing the backlog of traffic.

Perhaps the positioning of suitable signs might allow drivers to avoid Preston Road altogether.

Alas, I cannot see how drivers along the Preston Beach Road can avoid the long crawl.

C Crane, Osmington.

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