A report from Dorset
HGVs using a very narrow winding road from the A30 at Milborne Port through Goathill and Haydon to the A3030 at Alweston.
Utter Madness!
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A report from Dorset
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011A report from Dorset
Thursday, April 15th, 2010A report from Dorset:
Toller Porcorum, Dorset, is a tiny village in a valley where the incoming lanes are single track downhill with passing places and a small hump back bridge at the bottom. We have huge lorries coming down from the A356 to go through to Bridport using their satnavs. In the middle of the village is an ‘S’ bend railway bridge with weak sides and bollards and high kerbs to keep traffic in the middle. Once these lorries reach the bridge, they are in real trouble. One lorry actually reversed up our steep winding hill back to the main road – a distance of nearly a mile! We are apparently entitled to an ‘advisory’ sign only, saying ‘unsuitable for long vehicles’ but West Dorset District Council was unable to say how long a long vehicle is! It is also obvious that some lorry drivers themselves don’t what the limit it either. This sign has now been DEMOLISHED by a huge lorry coming into the village. Ironic or what?
A report from Portesham, Dorset
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009A report from Portesham, Dorset:
I am a member of Portesham Traffic Action Group in Dorset.
Sat nav directs lorries from as far as Bristol down the A37 and then through narrow country lanes through Grimstone to the A35. From here it will direct through Portesham to the coats road B3157 which connects Bridport and Weymouth. Portesham is a village which has become a rat run with 3000 vehicles a day.