Trigon Bridge to Canford Heath

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:

• Improvements to the shared use path leading to Trigon Bridge. The handrail height would also be increased on the bridge to improve safety
• A new two-way shared path on Harwell Road, between Trigon Bridge and Darbys Lane North - new parking restrictions on Harwell Road to create space for the path
• Improvements to the existing shared use path near schools and leisure centre
• New toucan crossing point on Canford Heath Road.

View the proposed design plan here.

A report summarising the public consultation results is available here.