Site meeting at Dinah’s Hollow
Landowners and parish councillors have met with engineers in Dinah’s Hollow to discuss proposals to stabilise the slopes.
Representatives from Dorset County Council explained which trees would be retained, what vegetation will be cut back and where the soil nails and mesh will be used.
Dorset County Council closed part of theC13 that links Blandford to Shaftesbury in April 2014after receiving a report that showed that the slopes through the hollow were unstable.The road wastemporarily opened in July, under traffic management measures that will protect road users.
Local wildlife, including bats, badgers and nesting birds have been taken into consideration by the plans to minimise disturbance and to keep as much of the environment as natural as possible, while removing the risk of slippage along the slopes.
Cllr Peter Finney, the council’s Cabinet member for environment, said:
“It has been a useful exercise for everyone. We have worked with the local community to find an acceptable level of work that gives us a solution to stabilise the slopes.”
“The next step is for the landowners to agree, in principle,for us to carry out this work and contract details to be agreed. We can then move forward on the tree preservation orders and other issues that need to be resolved before we start work.”
The plans for stabilisation of the Holloway can be found on www.dorsetforyou.com/dinahs-hollow
Issued By:
Fiona King, Public Relations Officer
Tel: 01305 224725
Email: f.e.king@dorsetcc.gov.uk
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Site meeting at Dinah’s Hollow
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