July work to protect against potholes 

As part of our ongoing maintenance programme, a number of roads in the Dorset Council area are to be given an early intervention to seal against water and prevent pot holes.  

Known as road preservation, an asphalt liquid is sprayed onto the surface to seal small cracks, preventing water from causing more damage.    

Our contractor RMS (Road Maintenance Services Ltd) will be carrying out the work.

It is a quick process that takes place overnight, but while the work takes place there will be road closures with diversions. Neighbouring households will be informed by letter. 

Signs are erected in advance of the works. If this includes no on-street parking, please keep to the restrictions so work can take place quickly and safely.  

As the sealing and painting process depends on dry weather, please keep an eye on local signs for any changes to the schedule.

Work will take place overnight on the dates stated, weather permitting, from 8pm to 5am. Where lines need to be repainted, this will be done the same night or the following night. For details of all scheduled roadworks in the Dorset Council area, please see our map.

The roads being treated, and when 

A3066 Beaminster – 9 to 10 July 

A352 Middlemarsh – 10 to 11 July 

B3155 Preston Road, Weymouth – 11 to 12 July 

Salisbury Street, Blandford Forum – 12 to 13 July 

Whitecliff Milll Street, Blandford Forum – 12 to 13 July 

Milldown Road, Blandford Forum – 12 to 13 July 

A350, Shaston Road, Stourpaine – 14 to 15 July 

Abbotsbury Road, Weymouth – 15 to 16 July 

Dorchester Road, Weymouth (from Lidl to Westerhall) – 16 to 17 July 

Bincombe Bumps roundabout, Weymouth – 17 to 18 July 

Bincombe Bumps roundabout to Jurassic roundabout, Weymouth – 17 to 18 July 

A353 Littlemoor Road, Weymouth – 18 to 19 July 

London Road, Dorchester – 19 to 20 July 

Blandford Hill, Milborne St Andrew – 23 to 24 July 

Ringwood Road, Ferndown – 24 to 25 July 

Station Road, Alderholt – 25 to 26 July 

Station Road, Verwood – 26 to 27 July 

Early, preventative maintenance is the most cost-effective way to maintain roads. 

In the lifecycle of a road, preservation is the first intervention to keep the road surface in a good condition. 

The next intervention level to keep roads in a good condition is patching of the worst damage followed with a surface dressing to seal the road from water. 

Damage beyond these interventions would require resurfacing, which is much more costly. 

By carrying out repairs specific to the damage evidenced in the individual road, we can carry out maintenance on more roads, reduce emissions by using less raw material and create less waste compared to solely using resurfacing.