MOTORISTS are set for even more disruption as four months of temporary two-way traffic lights will be installed on a busy route in Bournemouth.
Starting this month, work to install cycle lanes by a narrow bridge in Glenferness Avenue will take the council until September 3 to complete.
A four-metre wide bridge four pedestrians and cyclists will be installed over the railway line on the west side of the road bridge.
The existing footbridge on the eastern side of the road bridge will be demolished and replaced with a new four-metre-wide pedestrian and cycle bridge and the existing road bridge will remain unaltered.
Councillor Andy Hadley, portfolio holder for climate response, environment and energy at BCP Council said: “We’re delighted to see this exciting project to build safe bridges for walking and cycling over the railway line on Glenferness Avenue come to fruition.
“The new bridges are an essential improvement and will give walkers, cyclists, and scooter and mobility aids users a separate, traffic free space to travel.
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“It’s been a pinch point on a busy and important route and these significant improvements will make a real difference to safety, giving people the confidence to walk, scoot or cycle to many key destinations across Bournemouth, Winton and Wallisdown.
“It’s all part of our commitment to reducing congestion, improving air quality and encouraging healthy, active, safe travel across the area.”
Initial work, which focuses on moving the mains power line cables and building the bridge foundations, started on Tuesday, May 30 with two-way temporary traffic lights in place over Glenferness Avenue bridge until June 22 and then from July 10 until September 3.
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Work on the installation of the new pedestrian and cycle bridges, which are being assembled off-site, and the cycle route on Glenferness Avenue between Elgin Road and East Avenue will follow later in September.
New parallel crossings and a new toucan crossing along the route will be installed, with the council saying priority is to be given to cyclists across adjoining roads.
With funding from south east Dorset’s Transforming Cities Fund, the work is part of the “sustainable travel route” linking Bournemouth town centre and Ferndown.
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