Transforming Cities Fund - what are we doing?

Sustainable infrastructure funded by south east Dorset's TCF

A major part of our TCF investment is funding a series of exciting cycling, walking and bus improvements all aimed at reducing traffic congestion, improving air quality and offering eco-friendly, safe, healthy and quick journeys to work, education and leisure.

The tables below shows the sustainable travel schemes that are being funded by the TCF.

Poole town centre to/from Ferndown and Wimborne

Work due to start	Work underway	Work completed
Ringwood Road, Poole: Turbary Retail Park, Poole (Ringwood Road – Mountbatten roundabout to West Howe roundabout)	Ringwood Road, Poole: Hunt Road to Sea View Road Sea View Road to Mannings Heath mini roundabouts Mannings Heath mini roundabouts to Mountbatten roundabout	Leigh Road/Wimborne Road West (Canford Bottom roundabout - Brook Road) St Mary's Road, Poole (Fernside Road and Garland Road junctions) Ringwood Road, Ferndown (Longham mini roundabouts to Glenmoor Road phase one) Wimborne Road, Ferndown (Canford Bottom roundabout to Trickett's Cross roundabout)

Merley, Poole to/from Christchurch

Work due to start	Work underway	Completed
Redhill roundabout		Queen Anne Drive/Magna Road (Gravel Hill to Knighton Lane) Whitelegg Way, Bournemouth Magna Road (Knighton Lane to Wood Lane)

Poole town centre to/from Merley

Work due to start	Work underway	Completed
		Darbys Lane, Poole Wimborne Road, Poole

Bournemouth town centre to/from Ferndown

Work due to start	Work underway	Completed
	Glenferness Avenue Benellen Avenue to Glenferness Avenue, Bournemouth	Upper Gardens, Bournemouth The River Stour crossing has been developed to final design stage to progress the scheme.

Bournemouth railway station to/from Jumpers Common, Christchurch

Work due to start	Work underway	Completed
		Kings Park, Bournemouth Ashley Road, Bournemouth (Holdenhurst Road to Ashley Road)

Poole town centre to/from Wareham Road, Holton Heath

Work due to start	Work underway	Completed
		Rigler Road to Hinchliffe Road and Blandford Close

Other TCF programme initiatives
Beryl Bikes

TCF has funded the expansion of the Beryl Bike rental service across the region by investing in:

• 275 Beryl Bikes at 50 Beryl Bays in Christchurch.
• 122 Beryl Bikes at over 50 Beryl Bays in Wimborne, Colehill, West Parley, West Moors and Ferndown.

They can be hired at a reasonable cost via the free to download Beryl app.

Trip end facilities for business

Businesses across south east Dorset were awarded grants of between £500 and £20,000 to spend on workplace facilities that encourage their employees to cycle or adopt sustainable travel to work. A total of £70,000 was made available for these grants through BCP and Dorset Council’s Transforming Cities Fund programme.

Trip end facilities for schools

21 schools in the BCP Council have benefitted from a total of over £214,000 worth of grants (up to £20,000 each) to help them pay for the installation of new or improved ‘end-of-trip’ facilities which encourage healthy and eco-friendly journeys to school.

This has included new lockable bike and scooter racks, electric bike chargers, showers, changing and locker facilities, bike repair stand and static tyre pumps.

Wayfinding

New wayfinding totems to encourage residents and visitors to walk and cycle are being installed across the south east Dorset city region as part of the Transforming Cities Fund programme. The distinctive totems will be installed around the conurbation and along the sustainable routes. 20 have been installed across Poole town centre with the next tranche planned for Christchurch town centre this spring. They provide easy to read maps clearly showing routes to stations, hospitals, car parks, retail centres, parks, tourist attractions and other places of interest.