Twelve rural roads across Dorset are being reconstructed this autumn, thanks to the Department for Transport's Pothole Fund.

Dorset Highways has identified roads that have evolved from tracks and have very little construction, with significant cracking or pothole damage, for permanent repair.

This programme of works will use in-situ recycling to strengthen the foundation of the road before a double surface dressing is applied to seal the roads from water damage and provide a surface for vehicles.

Jack Wiltshire, Dorset Council head of highways, said: "These roads have become so damaged they require extensive repairs to ensure that homes and businesses can continue to be safely accessed.

"They have little to no foundation, and under the road surface is essentially the gravel track they have evolved from over many years.

"Our contractors will use a specialised machine to simultaneously crush the existing carriageway and mix it with cement to create a hydraulically bound material for the road foundation.

"This process is around a third of the cost of a conventional carriageway reconstruction method and is also a more sustainable treatment - by reusing material already in place and producing zero waste from the site."

He added: "Without the money we've been awarded from the DfT's Pothole Fund, we would have to continue with costly reactive, piecemeal, short-term repairs on these roads, which isn't good enough."

Due to the large machinery the nature of the work and for safety, the roads will need to be closed while works take place.

Access will be maintained to properties and businesses as best as possible, but this may mean a short wait while equipment is moved, or alternative access.

The sites:

• Whitfield Farm Lane, Knighton - September 21 to 23

• Watery Lane, Tincleton - September 23 and 24

• Bonscombe Lane, Shipton Lane - September 27 and 28

• Eggardon Lane, Powerstock - September 28 to 30

• Langdon Lane, Beaminster - September 30 to October 3

• Pilsdon Lane, Pilsdon - October 2 to 5

• Slodbrook Lane, Milton-on-Stour - October 5 to 7

• Bodsmarsh Lane, Marnhull - October 7, 8, 11 and 12

• Moorside, Marnhull - October 12 to 16

• Haines Lane, Marnhull - October 16 to 19

• Triangle Farm Road (Tulks Lane), Stalbridge - October 19 to 21

• Holebrook Lane, Lydlinch - October 21, 22, 25 and 26

The works are being carried out by Colas Ltd in behalf of Dorset Council.

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