1. Dorset Road Infrastructure Improvements.
Dorset is a very expensive area to build in, but has less transport demands than other counties. So although the money buys less, it doesn’t need a motorway, it just needs a reasonable transport structure other decent single carriageways, and a strong dual carriageway backbone.
Other counties need more lanes, and more roads, Dorset needs one trunk road, and good link roads to the towns alongside.
Most of the roads already exist, they just need straightening and widening.
The bare minimum is to tackle the congestion
The next target is to add safer roads with good over taking places
The ultimate target is an renovation to our trunk road that carries people from one end of the county to the other, and bypasses the Poole and Bournemouth conurbation with seriously powerful link roads to the heart of this area.
There is environmentally protected land, but there are alternatives – but these are more costly.
Building costs are still rising in Dorset, if we don’t build now, the costs will double very soon.

2. The very bare minimum plan for Dorset to achieve the goal of tackling the most congested spots.
Total Cost: £555M
Poole Link Road £150M (Ameysford roundabout to Mannings Heath roundabout)
Grade separated dual carriageway
Dumbbell junction A341
Dumbbell junction B3073
Wallisdown Bypass £120M (Alderney roundabout to A338 Richmond Hill Speed Camera)
Dumbbell junction A3040
Ringwood Junction A31 £20M
Westbound carriageway widened to 3 lanes from Ringwood to Ashley Heath
Christchurch Bypass £100M (BlackWater junction to Christchurch Bypass)
Dual carriageway – no junctions
BlackWater Junction rebuilt as motorway style junction
Wareham Link Road £100M (Baker Arms roundabout to Wareham Bypass North roundabout)
Dual carriageway - at grade
Roundabout access for Holton Heath
Roundabout (link single carriageway road) to Morden Road
Puddletown Bypass extension £50M (Bockhampton to Stinsford Roundabout)
Dual carriageway – LILO junctions only
Wool Northern Bypass £15M (Woolbridge Manor to Burton Cross roundabout)
Single Carriageway – no junctions

3. The bare minimum with expandability, the goal being to improve safety on dangerous roads and link towns with the main road network. As well as providing the safest overtaking options.
Defining ‘Fixed 3 lane sections’ as a 3 lane road where only one direction may use it, mininum ¾ mile. As A303 Illchester bypass.
Additional Cost: £180M
Swanage Link Road £80M (Corfe Castle to Swanage, alongside railway line)
Single carriageway with 4 fixed 3 lane sections where possible
Weymouth A354 enhancement £20M (Stadium roundabout to relief road)
Additional 3 lanes sections in each direction where possible
Wool Bypass upgrade to Dual Carriageway £10M
Dual carriageway from Burton Cross roundabout to Tout Hill roundabout)
Other Bypasses (single carriageway)
Broadmayne £20M
Lytchett A350 area £20M
Other Fixed 3 lane sections
A352, 4 sections £15M
A350, Roundhouse roundabout to A35, 4 sections £15M

4. The long term plan for Dorset, a single high capacity fast Trunk Road (A31) from Dorchester to Ringwood. (Renumbering Puddletown Bypass). A35 follows Wallisdown bypass, Upton Bypass, Wareham Bypass, current A352, joins A31 at existing Wareham junction on Dorchester Bypass.
Additional Cost: £410M
Bere Regis to Winterbourne Zelston £50M
Widen existing road, built new carriageway alongside
Grade separated junction at Bere Regis, link to Winterbourne Kingston road
Winterbourne Zelston to A350 £100M
Grade Separated (small) junction with B3075
Full Grade Separated Junction with A350
A350 to St Huberts Church £40M
Dumbbell junction with B3074 (and existing A31 downgraded to B3074)
St Huberts Church to Lake Gates roundabout £20M
LILO for side road access
Dumbbell junction for Lake Gates
Lake Gates to Canford Bottom roundabout £70M
New course bypassing Merley roundabout, existing road become slip roads
Full Grade Separation at Canford Bottom roundabout
Canford Bottom Roundabout to Ameysford roundabout £30M
Full Grade separation at Ameysford for Poole Link Road
St Leonards 3 lane Dual Carriageway bypass £100M

5. Upgrade to A350 from A31 to A35, serves West side of Poole and Wareham.
Cost £30M

6. Other nearby upgrades in other Counties
Upgrade of A338 from Ringwood to M4 to full grade separated dual carriageway, including:
Eastern Bypass for Salisbury
Wide Southern A303 Bypass around Stone Henge (interplex with A338)
Dual carriageway link to A36 (Southampton)
Cost £1.5BN
Benefits:
Major relief to A31 New Forest, and entire A34.
A338 continues past M4 as existing A419 continuous dual carriageway to M5 (bar 1 miles)
Completion of A303 Grade Separated Dual Carriageway to M5 using A358
Cost £500M
Benefits: Major link road from Cornwall / Devon to London completed.
Southern and Eastern Bypass for Lymington (A337 / A35 interplex to dual carriageway)
Cost £80M
Benefits: Major stress relief to Lymington
Major enhancement to free flowing traffic in New Forest
A31 (New Forest) uphill 3 lane sections, GSJ at Rufus Stone, and additional junctions to serve New Forest.
Cost £50M
Benefits: Help New Forest benefit from A31