RESIDENTS will be able to see the progress made on the £4.7m project to refurbish Poole Bridge today.

Construction firm, Interserve, will be opening the compound to the public between 10am and 2pm.

Visitors will be able to see the works currently taking place from a vantage point close to the waters edge and hear from the contractor's team about the next phase of construction when work starts to take place above the waterline.

John Rice, Engineering Manager, Borough of Poole, said: "We have encountered a series of underground obstructions and the abutment on the Hamworthy side is proving challenging, but we are now making good progress.

"The abutment on the Poole side is progressing well, the replacement of the control systems has started and the offsite fabrication of the new steel beams is finished and are currently being painted.

"We are on schedule for the first of these beams, which will support the new road deck and carry traffic over the Backwater Channel, to be delivered to site next month."

There are no car parking facilities on site but a pay and display car park is located opposite to the site compound on Poole Quay.