Active Travel Fund - Alder Road to Coy Pond (reference P129, S114, C4, T1 2026)

Over the past few years we have delivered improvements to the walking, wheeling and cycling route through Bournemouth Gardens, leading from the Square all the way up to Coy Pond Gardens, including a new crossing over Branksome Wood Road.

We have funding from Active Travel England to extend the route further west, to provide a good, safe alternative to driving into town from Branksome and Parkstone, or for getting to the various schools in the area including Heatherlands Primary and Bishop Aldhelm’s Primary.

We know that Yarmouth Road is quite busy and noisy and can feel unsafe to walk or cycle along, due to the amount of traffic, so this alternative “quiet route” provides another option.

A stage 1 consultation was undertaken from 3 February 2026 to 2 March 2026, which has helped shape the scheme. The stage 2 consultation intends to install parallel crossings on Alder Road and on all arms of the Bourne Valley Roundabout, along with Traffic Order proposals to implement:

• a 20mph zone
• no waiting and no loading restrictions
• extend the existing prohibition of motor vehicles restrictions on Bourne Valley Road under the railway bridge

We will now review and consider the comments received within the consultation period and produce a report with recommendations on how to proceed with the scheme.

The deposit documents contains the formal details including a plan required for the public consultation of the Traffic Orders which underpins the proposal, and the Notice of Intention to install the parallel crossings and traffic calming features.