Dorset Rural Roads Protocol

cover-of-the-reclaiming-our-rural-highways-documentThe Rural Roads Protocol, adopted as formal policy of Dorset County Council in April 2008, sets out a new approach to how we manage the roads in Dorset countryside. This work was initiated by a scoping report 'Reclaiming Our Rural Highways' commissioned by Dorset AONB in 2005. The protocol's main principle is to use the local setting and distinctiveness of the rural environment to guide our road management decisions.

An explanatory leaflet explaning Dorset County Council's new approach to road management in a high quality environment can be downloaded here. Managing Dorset's Rural Roads - an explanatory leaflet. 812.54 Kb

See what can be done in our case studies from Dorset of villages that have tackled their rural roads problems using guidance from the Rural Roads Protocol.

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