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Highways - Other Works Promotors
We continue to assess permit applications and road closure requests throughout Thanks to Sarah
this time, from all works promoters, and are continuing to monitor works to ensure Welton with this
that they are being executed safely and in accordance with government view from her
guidelines. Most works promoters have been focusing on urgent works to their
infrastructure at this time to ensure disruption to their services are minimal. We window!
have been challenging works promoters to ensure that strategic routes are kept
free flowing, where possible, and works on roads leading to hospitals and
supermarkets are avoided/carefully managed to ensure minimal disruption to key
worker journeys. With the decreased traffic flows, we have taken the opportunity
to permit works on some routes that would usually be traffic sensitive. This will avoid
disruption in the future when more vehicles return to the network. We are also
liaising with works promoters and event organisers to carefully coordinate the
rescheduling of postponed roadworks and events that were planned to take
place, while taking into account future economic demands

IT’S A DOG’S LIFE
New Coronavirus helpline for parents and carers
We have set-up the helpline to support those who are worried about their child or
teenager during the lockdown. If you are concerned about how your child is What’s that noise? Oh not again. It’s the fire
managing and you need someone to talk to, please ring us. Our educational alarm. It’s a sound we get used in North Street, it
psychologists are available to help you. They will listen to your concerns and can goes off, a load a cars rush past and then the fire
offer practical advice and guidance. The helpline number is: 01305 228300. It is engine goes out and sounds its siren as it leaves
open from Monday to Friday from 9am to 4.45pm. Callers need to ring and make the street. Just lately it’s been a bit like the Hokey
an appointment for a 30 minute phone consultation. Cokey, in out in out. What’s it all about? I was
taken to Wareham forest last week for a walk

and I found out, A huge forest fire . The
Helpline for vulnerable people open over the weekend
devastation is on a massive scale, black and
Our helpline for vulnerable people (01305 221000) is open from 8am to 8pm, 7 days charred vegetation everywhere and the pine
a week. It was interesting to note that the amount of calls we receive at the trees although charred were still standing . It was
weekend is significantly lower than weekdays. If you could help us spread the good to see the green shoots of new vegetation
word to anyone you know who might need help or support, that would be greatly as well. Still, it smelt awful and my paws were
appreciated. Thank you. covered in ash. I was black when we got back
and had to be taken to Bere Stream for a bath.

Another irritation this month has been swarms of
Surgery
flies in the house. Everyone has them. I find them
We are not holding face to face meetings now. However, we would be delighted really irritating and try to bite them. My owner
to ring and talk to you. Please ring or email us with the subject matter so that we laughs at my pathetic attempts to catch them but they were driving her mad.
can prepare ourselves. Peter’s email address is peterwharf@hotmail.com She purchased an electric fly swat. She was no better than me but at least she
telephone 07986600799 and Laura’s is cllrlaura.miller@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk had the satisfaction of hearing and smelling them disintegrate when she scores a
telephone 07814 569563. hit. I think the fly spray and papers were better at reducing the problem. She did
try and complain but it seems that because of the mild winter more of them have
Peter Wharf & Laura Miller, Dorset Councillors for West Purbeck hatched and it is nobody’s fault.

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