ATTEMPTS to reduce air pollution on congested Boot Hill, by redirecting Portland-bound lorries via Lanehouse, have reignited the debate on how to solve Weymouth's congestion problems.

As reported, Highways authority Dorset Council is signposting southbound heavy goods vehicles away from Boot Hill - where nitrogen dioxide levels exceed WHO guidelines by more than double - and up Lanehouse. 

The new signposted route is supposed to divert drivers down the Granby, up Lanehouse Rocks Road, and through narrow roads and pinch-points in Wyke, before hitting Portland Road.

Concerns have been raised locally about the corner by All Saints Church, which is very narrow, and where there are frequent traffic jams as vehicles squeeze past each other at busy times.

On the way back from Portland, HGV drivers are directed along Buxton Road and back down Boot Hill.

Dorset Echo: Stuck - yesterday morning (with thanks to Caleb Morris)Stuck - yesterday morning (with thanks to Caleb Morris)

With major planning applications pending, and new housing developments approved on the island, Weymouth and Portland's traffic woes are not going away any time soon. - and many locals are still smarting from the Weymouth Transport Package, which saw the removal of roundabouts in 2010/11 - but was widely considered to have exacerbated traffic jams.

Highways planners have some tough choices over the next few years.

What would you do? Do we need the Western Relief Road? Better public transport? Or should we just put the roundabouts back in?

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