After weeks of seeing diggers and workmen in action outside their windows, children from Tops Day Nurseries, on Wimborne’s Leigh Road, got the chance to view the sustainable travel improvement works going on outside their school building. The display was arranged by Hanson Contracting, which is currently building the Transforming Cities Fund programme’s new cycle lanes, footpaths and crossings on Leigh Road on behalf of Dorset Council.
Senior nursery manager of Tops in Wimborne, Sharon White, said: “Many of them had been asking about what was going on outside and were very curious. They loved seeing the diggers and dumper trucks doing their job and were very excited to be given this special demonstration.” She said a number of the older children enjoyed cycling and also knew a little bit about climate change and were excited to see these new lanes being built. Dorset Partnership liaison manager for Hanson Contracting, David Walker, said: “It was lovely to see all the children dressed up in their hi-vis jackets and mini-hard hats. “They seemed very interested in what we were doing and asked us lots of great questions. I hope that they all enjoyed the display and I think that there may be a few future road engineers amongst the group.”
The work being carried out on Wimborne Road West and Leigh Road is part of the Transforming Cities Fund programme, which is creating 78km of new cycle lanes across the south east Dorset conurbation. This stretch, between Wimborne and Colehill, is part of a longer 23km sustainable travel route from Poole to Ferndown with a branch to Wimborne.
by Faith Eckersall
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