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CONTROVERSIAL increases to car parking charges will be coming into force in two weeks. All-day charges at council owned car parks in West Bay and Lyme Regis are set to rise by quadruple the current price, going from £2 to £8 beginning on Thursday, April 1. The council says these changes are being implemented to bring West Bay and Lyme Regis in line with other seaside towns in Dorset. Both areas have not seen an increase in the fee since 2014. The announcement of the price hike garnere...

NEW electric vehicle chargepoints are now ready to use in five car parks in Dorset - with more to be switched on in the coming weeks. Electric vehicle chargepoints have been installed and are now live at Wollaston Field car park, Dorchester; Gas Lane, Gillingham; Old Market Yard, Sherborne; The Hub car park, Verwood; and King Street car park, Wimborne. The installation of the new chargepoints is one of a number of measures in Dorset Council’s ambition to become zero carbon by 2040 and h...

A council has revealed more about how it intends to spend £19 million to help reduce its carbon footprint.

A council has revealed more about how it intends to spend £19 million to help reduce its carbon footprint.

PLANS have been unveiled to create a temporary outdoor seating area on Weymouth’s harbourside to enable pubs and restaurants to reopen next month…

MORE than 12,000 comments were submitted by businesses and residents as part of the consultation on Dorset Councils Climate and Ecological…

AN UPDATED booklet has been released to give guidance to Chiswell residents in the event of another storm breaching Portlands sea defences. The Dorset Coast Forum, in partnership with the Environment Agency and Dorset Council, has released an updated version of the ‘Storms and Coastal Defences at Chiswell’ booklet after huge waves led to flooding and the closure of Portland Road in January. The booklet was produced to help inform the community on what to do in a storm event, explain h...

SIX bridges in Dorset are deemed to be substandard, new figures by the RAC Foundation have revealed. The motoring research charity has published a list of council-owned bridges across Britain that cannot carry the heaviest vehicles as of October. In the Dorset Council area, six bridges were found to be below standard – around one per cent of the 809 managed by the authority. This means they are unable to support the heaviest loads, such as lorries of up to 44 tonnes. The council sai...

SIX bridges in Dorset are deemed to be substandard, new figures by the RAC Foundation have revealed. The motoring research charity has published a list of council-owned bridges across Britain that cannot carry the heaviest vehicles as of October. In the Dorset Council area, six bridges were found to be below standard – around one per cent of the 809 managed by the authority. This means they are unable to support the heaviest loads, such as lorries of up to 44 tonnes. The council sai...

A CLIMATE action group is urging Dorset Council to fix 2030 as the date for the whole county to achieve zero carbon emissions. Dorset CAN (Climate Action Network) has called on the council to act far more rapidly than it had planned to cut greenhouse gases and stop the loss of wildlife amid the climate crisis. The council in its draft Climate and Ecological Emergency Strategy set 2040 as the target for cutting to zero its own carbon emissions, and 2050 for all other organisations in the D...