Welcome
Thank you to all who have been involved in the South East Dorset Study (SEDTS) to date. The SEDTS has been reviewing the area's long term transport needs and is now reaching its conclusions.
The study has identified the improvements that are needed over the next 20 years or so and as major transport schemes take a long time to plan and deliver, we need to start developing them soon.
In the first part of the study (during 2008) we collected data on how people travel around South East Dorset involving a range of interview surveys. From this data we were able to build a computer model of the transport network. The computer model has been used to assess the impacts of a range of transport scheme options.
In 2009 we asked you to give us your views on the problems and issues with South East Dorset's transport network. Over 600 people filled in questionnaires and meetings were held with representatives from a variety of organisations in the area. By combining people's opinions with the transport data collected in 2008, we were able to build up a detailed picture of the problems.
Last summer we asked for your opinions on a number of transport themes based on the problems and issues established in the earlier rounds of consultation. We received over 2000 responses and also held a number of meetings and exhibitions across the study area.
Full details are available in the Consultation Report on Strategy Options.
The views received during consultation have been fully considered and combined with technical work looking at value for money, environmental impacts and engineering feasibilty.
Our recent consultation over the winter was on the types of measures you would like to see delivered over the next 20 years as part of the final strategy. This round of consultation is now closed and we are in the process of analysing the results. We will be updating this site with our progress so please come back and visit the site for an update.