Diversion route for water works in Weymouth

Residents in the Westham area of Weymouth are being advised of a traffic diversion during work to replace an ageing water main.

Wessex Water will be replacing a water main on Abbotsbury Road, starting on Monday 6 September and scheduled to last 16 weeks.

Abbotsbury Road will be one-way in an eastbound direction between Cromwell Road and Westham Roundabout.

Dorset County Council has approved a temporary traffic order to make Abbotsbury Road one-way so that the works can be carried out safely.

The works will be carried out in two sections, the first will be between Westham Roundabout and Newstead Road and the second will be between Newstead Road and Cromwell Road.

Drivers travelling eastbound towards the town centre will be unaffected.

People wishing to travel westbound towards Chickerell will be diverted onto Weymouth Way to Chafey’s Roundabout then onto Granby Way, up Radipole Lane and onto Chickerell Road.

Dorset County Council Road Space Manager Kevin Cheleda said: “We are facing a challenging time in Weymouth and Portland at the moment. All work within the highway that will affect the Olympic Route Network (ORN) has to be finished by July 2011, 12 months before the Games, as instructed by the Olympic Delivery Authority.

“We are trying to programme all the utility company’s works, as well as the county council’s, so that all essential maintenance is finished in good time on the ORN and main side roads used by local residents.”

For more information about the water main replacement  contact Wessex Water on 0845 600 4 600.