Project Status - Completed
- Start Date: June 2020
- End Date: March 2021
- Local Growth Fund allocation: £1,618,163
- Awarded to: BCP Council
Project Summary:
An upgrade to a major Bournemouth-Poole commuter corridor, with emphasis on sustainable transport.
This scheme aims to aid the growth of Bournemouth University (BU) and Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) while helping to address the wider long-standing congestion and road safety issues along the Wallisdown Road corridor, which currently present a significant cost to the local economy.
Work at the roundabout, delivered by BCP Council, involved the installation of a ‘continental style roundabout’ with narrower circulating carriageways including:
- Reducing the size of the roundabout and amending the geometry on its approaches and exits to decrease approach, exit and circulatory traffic speeds
- The installation of a combined off-road footway and cycleway around the roundabout
- The installation of toucan crossings on Talbot Avenue, Wallisdown Road and Boundary Road and a parallel crossing on Gillette Road
- Widening the footway to four metres on the north side of Talbot Avenue to create a combined footway and cycleway linking up with facilities at Talbot roundabout
- The removal of the central island on Talbot Avenue
- Resurfacing the carriageways and footways and replacing kerbing
- The installation of street furniture, improved lighting, decorative paving, grass, planting and trees
The aims of the Boundary Roundabout project are to:
- Boost the local economy by supporting growth of the two universities and new job opportunities created for graduates and others in a world class digital facility
- Help to enable the expansion of Bournemouth University and Arts University Bournemouth with a 27% increase in student numbers by 2021
- Reduce road casualties by 50%
- Improve journey time reliability
- Increase the number of people walking and cycling and improve public health
- Improve access for people living in no car households
Read the Boundary Roundabout End of Project Report.
