WORK to install a raised zebra crossing outside Tesco Metro in Bournemouth Square will get under way on Monday April 24.

The crossing is part of a three-month, £70,000 project, which also includes introducing a 20mph zone in the area and two further raised crossing points.

Roads will remain open but delays are expected due to traffic control signals.

The 20mph zone will stretch from Avenue Road near the library to Bourne Avenue near the tennis courts. The zone will also extend just past the junction with St Stephens Road on Braidley Road.

Changes, funded from the Local Transport Grant, are designed to slow down traffic, improve cycle and pedestrian routes and make way for more disabled parking.

Councillor Mike Greene, Bournemouth’s Cabinet Member for Transport, Sustainability and Carbon Management said: "We are implementing plans to improve safety and accessibility in a busy area of the town centre. The scheme will slow down traffic in areas where so many people cross, making it safer and easier for people to cross the roads around the Square to the Central Gardens."