Castle Lane West to Parley Lane

This section is currently on hold until further funding has been secured, following a national review by the Department for Transport of the Transforming Cities Fund (TCF) programme.

Rising construction, labour and fuel costs, growing inflation and changes to national design standards for cycling infrastructure mean south east Dorset’s original TCF budget, awarded pre-pandemic in March 2020, is no longer sufficient to build the entire network of cycle, walking and bus improvements planned across the region.

Priority has been given to TCF schemes that link into existing sustainable travel infrastructure, providing an immediate interim level of connectivity and more continuous travel routes.

Click here to read the full announcement

2021 proposals

The proposals consulted on in the 2021 public consultation included:

• A quiet route from Castle Lane West, along Broadway Lane and through residential estates towards Throop Road, heading across the River Stour and northwards towards Parley Lane
• The existing footpath upgraded to a 3.5m-wide surfaced path for cycle and walking
• New toucan crossing on Parley Lane, connecting into the existing shared path on the north side of the road

View the proposed design plan here.

Public consultation on the proposals was undertaken in spring 2021 and a report summarising the results is available here.