The Department for Transport has approved funding for the scheme, and work will start on the town centre junction improvements on 7 June 2010.

Work on the Weymouth Showcase element of the scheme has already started. Funding for this part of the transport package was brought forward so that the county council can buy the equipment needed, install it and test it before 2012.

County council engineers have put together the transport package to improve public transport and to encourage more people to leave their cars at home and reduce congestion.

The package aims to:

• Ease the impact of congestion, particularly for buses, along King Street and Boot Hill

• Improve the quality of public transport by using newer buses and improving bus stops

• Modernise the bus network by introducing real time passenger information (RTPI) on buses and at bus stops

• Make it easier for people to use the bus and train by developing an interchange at the railway station

• Improve air quality and pedestrian safety

An information display about the project is available to view at the site offices at Swannery car park. The visitors centre will be open three times a week, and members of the project team will be available at each session to answer residents' and visitors' questions.

• Mondays - 9am to 11am
• Wednesdays - 5pm to 7pm
• Thursdays - 12pm to 2pm

It will also be open and staffed on the second Saturday of every month between 9am and 12pm.

• Blog

  Stay up to date with the progress of the Weymouth Transport Package by following the blog.

• King Street and Boot Hill junction improvements

  Congestion frustrates bus companies as well as other road users. The package aims to improve the flow of traffic through Weymouth by making junctions more efficient.

• Weymouth showcase scheme

  Electronic vehicle messaging signs and car park guidance systems, along with real time passenger information and new bus stops and shelters are being delivered as part of the Weymouth Transport Package.

• Frequently asked questions about the Weymouth Transport Package for the 2012 Games

• Venue Transport Plan for Weymouth and Portland

  During games time, the Weymouth Transport Package will be complemented by a series of temporary measures put in place for the duration of the sailing events in Weymouth Bay and Portland Harbour.

• Weymouth Transport Package business case

  The scheme business case was approved by the Department for Transport on 25 March 2010.

• Name: Weymouth Transport Package project manager
  Email: weymouthtransportpackage@dorsetcc.gov.uk
  Tel: 01305 224754
  Full details for Weymouth Transport Package project manager