Phase one of the Kings Park Transforming Cities Fund (TCF) project in Bournemouth has been completed on schedule.

The work on Harewood Avenue near Avonbourne Academy to create a new crossing has been completed on target before the end of the school holidays and the closed section of the avenue has been re-opened.

The work has created a new raised toucan crossing on Harewood Avenue, near to the roundabout junction with Littledown Avenue and Harewood Crescent. The project has also extended the existing 20mph speed limit to cover the new crossing and the approaches to the roundabout.


Cllr Mike Greene, BCP Council's portfolio holder for transport and sustainability said: "The installation of this new toucan crossing and extension of the speed limit is of benefit to our community as it will provide a better, safer crossing for the pupils at Avonbourne Academy. The crossing also forms part of our wider Kings Park Transforming Travel project, which itself is a section of the planned 8km long sustainable transport route that will eventually link Bournemouth railway station and Jumpers Common, Christchurch."

Phase two of the Kings Park TCF project (Ashley Road to Harewood Avenue) is due to start in autumn 2021.

The final phase three of the Kings Park project from Harewood Avenue to Sevenoaks Drive is scheduled to begin in spring 2022 and complete in Autumn 2022.