Transport and Infrastructure

Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has penned an open letter to the Chairman of the West Dorset Ring & Ride Service. The organisers of the service have utilised the local media to scaremonger about the withdrawal of their service from West Dorset and have not enabled others to participate.

Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has praised the generosity of Beaminster’s Mayfair Town and Country branch for contributing towards the operating costs of the town’s CB3 bus service.

West Dorset’s MP and former train guard Chris Loder has today hailed the announcement that train companies will no longer proceed with plans to close ticket offices in West Dorset, including those at Sherborne and Dorchester South stations.  

Following emergency talks held last week by Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, Dorset Community Transport (DCT) has now confirmed its intention to offer services to customers of the Axe Valley & West Dorset Ring & Ride.

Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has held emergency talks with Dorset Community Transport in order to try and find a solution to the recently announced closure of the West Dorset Ring & Ride.

On the 19th October, Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, visited the latest section upgraded by Network Rail on the Heart of Wessex Line.

Chris Loder MP has welcomed the news that West Dorset bus services are set to benefit from a share of £884, 221 awarded to Dorset Council as part the Government’s Bus Service Improvement Plan + (BSIP+).

Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has forced South Western Railway to rethink its plans to slash ticket office staffing hours.

Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has welcomed the news that Charmouth will benefit from an investment of approximately £3 million to improve the resilience of local heritage and tourism assets.

Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has expressed his opposition to the proposed 57-acre, 400MW battery energy storage system (BESS) facility near Chickerell.