Tesco Upwey Crossing Safely – 9 July 2026
An Upwey resident has raised concerns with our local councillors that crossing Dorchester Road to visit the new Tesco is dangerous. The latest 2026 edition of the Lib Dems FOCUS provides an update and has asked residents to back a safer crossing.
Please read the article on page 4 and if you wish to express your support there are 4 questions:
- Do you support the need for improved pedestrian safety near the new Tesco store?
- Should traffic speeds be reduced to 20mph or remain at 30mph?
- Should a chicane be introduced, as in Broadwey, to narrow the road and limit traffic speeds?
- Would a central refuge be sufficient for a safer crossing?
Contact details for the local councillors are stated in the linked FOCUS update.
New Housing
The Upwey Society recognises that new housing will be needed in the Weymouth and Dorchester areas. Positioned, as we are, in between the two and on the northernmost edge of the Weymouth built-up area, there is bound to be pressure to build here.
We believe that any proposed developments should:
- be consistent with the character of the particular part of Upwey to which they relate;
- be in line with the Local Plan originally approved by Weymouth and Portland Council (now Dorset Council);
- not place additional and unmanageable burdens on infrastructure such as roads, sewerage etc
Many applications will fall within those critera and so the Society does not comment on them.
Current applications that we have taken a position on are covered in our news items.