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Dorset Routes Reopen After Storm Chandra as Local Flooding Persists in Wiltshire

Officials warn drivers to avoid floodwater because receding levels still leave Dorset lanes shut plus five Wiltshire roads closed.

Overview

  • Thursday morning updates report Sackville Street and West Street in Winterborne Kingston closed or impassable, with High Street in Sturminster Marshall blocked by floodwater.
  • Several Dorset routes are now only just passable as waters fall, including the A348 Ringwood Road, the A347 New Road, East Street in Blandford, parts of the A350 and A354, Station Road in West Moors, Bere Road in Winterborne Kingston, and Old Bridge Road near Iford Bridge.
  • Key reopenings since Wednesday include Radipole Park Drive in Weymouth and the A35 eastbound between Organford Lane and the A351 at Bakers Arms Roundabout.
  • Five Wiltshire roads are shut due to flooding: Minety Lane, B3106 Toll Gate Road, the A350 Kingston St Michael slip road, Lower Chicksgrove, and Tisbury High Street/Jobbers Lane, with councils urging motorists not to drive through floodwater.
  • Dorset and Wiltshire Fire Service attended multiple flooding incidents as rivers in parts of Dorset reached some of their highest recorded levels, and parish leaders in Stratton St Margaret organized deliveries for residents stranded by street flooding.