The Dorset County Council scheme was given funding approval by the Department for Transport in March 2010, and work started on the town centre junction improvements on 7 June 2010.

Construction of the scheme has finished with the last junction being switched on during Tuesday 26 July 2011. Monitoring of the scheme will continue to ensure the system is working as efficiently as possible.

Work on the Weymouth Showcase element of the scheme is continuing. Funding for this part of the transport package was brought forward so that the county council could 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