Pictures show how work is progressing on the £1m revamp at the entrance to Weymouth railway station.
The area in front of the station off King Street has become a fenced off building site with workers driving machinery digging up the area at the roundabout.
Improvement work at station forecourt Pictures: Martin Lea
The Weymouth Gateway project promises to provide a more attractive and safer station environment bringing benefits to the community, businesses and all users of the station.
The work - co-ordinated by Dorset Coast Forum with support from a range of other organisations - is being carried out in phases to minimise disruption.
Phase one which included the station car park, below, is now completed.
Work on phase two involving the main station forecourt is underway - this is where the new central pedestrian area and 'public vehicle transit route' will be constructed.
This is the area, according to Dorset Coast Forum Project Officer Steven Booth, that will make a 'real difference with a more attractive and welcoming design and creative planting'.
The main infrastructure work and surfacing should be completed by the end of March 2022.
Mr Booth said: "The more integrated transport links being installed should be beneficial to all, especially the new bus stops on the forecourt and King Street itself.
"We are still looking to start construction on Pocket Park at the end of January which is destined to become a railway heritage park."
He added: "Work on information boards is also progressing and we have prepared a brief to seek expressions of interest to undertake this work. Contacts have been made with local history organisations to seek information on railway heritage and we have received some good responses. We will be working with our partners to determine what options are available and acceptable before making decisions on final design and implementation.
"If you would like to add your thoughts and ideas to new information boards planned for Weymouth Station, please get in touch."
Mr Booth said the original stone sculpture at the centre of the roundabout installed when the station was rebuilt in the 1980s is going to be put in storage pending a decision as to what to do with it, as it is not part of the new design.
Find out more about the project and contact the team by visiting https://www.dorsetcoasthaveyoursay.co.uk/weymouth-gateway
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