The opening of a new fourth聽arm from Boundary Roundabout connecting to Gillett Road at the eastern side of the Talbot Campus will help improve traffic congestion and air pollution聽in the area at peak travel times, as well as save聽travel time for those visiting BU.
For those travelling by bus, all westbound UNIBUS services will use the new road to access the聽newly opened聽Talbot Campus bus hub, meaning聽the bus stop on Wallisdown聽Road (stand K) will no longer be served by the U1, U3, U4 or U5 services.
Drivers can also use the new road聽to access visitor and permit holder car parks, and聽should be aware of the new tiger crossing - which combines a pedestrian zebra crossing with a聽crossing聽for cyclists - located on the link road near the Boundary聽roundabout connection.
This is the final piece of BUs 滨苍蹿谤补蝉迟谤耻肠迟耻谤别听笔谤辞箩别肠迟 has delivered the following improvement to Talbot Campus:
- Relocation of visitor and events car park 鈥� May 2017
- Car Park H extension (150 bays) 鈥� completed July 2017
- Landscaping Project 鈥� completed September 2017
- Access road resurfacing 鈥� completed September 2017
- Gillett Road widening 鈥� completed September 2017
- A new waste compound 鈥� completed October 2017
- A purpose built bus hub 鈥� completed December 2017
- Poole House visitor car park 鈥� completed December 2017
- A fourth road arm from Boundary Road Roundabout to Gillett Road - completed January 2018
What鈥檚 next
The Poole Gateway Building construction project is the next focus for BU, with work starting in January 2018聽 to provide an inspirational academic building which will聽create an attractive visual gateway on the eastern edge of BU鈥檚 Talbot Campus, making an impressive聽landmark for the gateway into the Talbot Campus, BU and Poole. Find out the other ways BUs campus will change this year.
