Bus Service Improvement Plan Consultation: Bournemouth Travel Interchange to Town Centre

(Please note this consultation was undertaken on our old digital engagement platform - for transparency we have copied the text as shown below)

This consultation has now closed. Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback.

Following the comprehensive engagement exercise from 27 February until 2 April 2024, we have considered your feedback and incorporated this into our plans.

72% of respondents supported the schemes four objectives:-

1. Improve journey times and reduce delays for buses by providing two way bus movements along Old Christchurch Road.
2. Encourage greater bus use by improving passenger waiting facilities with Real Time Information displays and CCTV.
3. Reduce congestion for all vehicles.
4. Improve access to Bournemouth town centre, Lansdowne and Railway Station.

We have therefore developed our proposals based on these objectives as follows and we would like to hear your feedback about the proposals.

Plans of the improvement proposals are available by clicking on the section headers in the table below or via the "Plans of the proposal" links.

The were also available to view in person at the Bournemouth Travel Interchange Information Office, Coach Station (underneath Asda), Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth, BH8 8DN. The office is open from 0800-1315 and 1415-1700 each day.

The outcome of the 2024 consultation. 

You can review the consultation results here. Below, you'll find details on how we engaged with you and gathered your feedback.

The BSIP Consultation for Bournemouth Travel Interchange to Town Centre has provided an invaluable insight into the improvements required along this key travel corridor. Following the support received for many of the measures, detailed designs are now being drawn up based on these requirements.

Residents and businesses will be able to comment further on these designs when the Traffic Regulation Orders for the proposed changes are advertised (scheduled at present for late Spring 2025). Once plans have been fully agreed we anticipate works on the ground will commence in Autumn 2025.

Many thanks to everyone that participated in the consultation, as feedback is invaluable.

We asked the public and key stakeholders for their views on proposals for the bus route from the Bournemouth Travel Interchange (bus station at Bournemouth train station) to the town centre. These were developed from the valuable feedback you gave us during the Bus Back Better Consultation in 2022 and with further work we have conducted as part of the Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) for the BCP Council area.

Have Your Say - this part of the consultation is now closed. 

We asked respondents to:

• Read the information document and share their views on our proposals using the online survey
• Drop pins and comment on specific locations along the consultation area using the interactive map
• Refer to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for more information if necessary
• Paper versions of the information document and survey were available in all of BCP's libraries
• Refer to the BSIP Priority brochure if they wanted more background information before responding
• Download a paper copy of the survey

Events

Throughout the consultation period, we held the following drop-in events where interested parties could meet officers and asks questions about the proposals:

• Tuesday 5 March 2024: 10am - 5pm at Bournemouth University, EBC Building, 89 Holdenhurst Rd, Bournemouth BH8 8EB
• Wednesday 13 March 2024: 6-7pm, Online event
• Thursday 21 March 2024: 10am - 5pm at The Bournemouth Arcade, Gervis Place, City Centre, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH1 2AF.

The consultation closed at midnight on 2 April 2024. If respondents had any questions or needed the survey in a different format, they could email public.transport@bcpcouncil.gov.uk. They could also refer to our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).