Southampton City region Transforming Cities Fund

Last update: May 2026

Completed schemes

Hampshire County Council have delivered local transport schemes to improve walking and cycling routes, and bus infrastructure.

More detailed information on each scheme can be found on their respective scheme webpages listed below.

• Bluestar 2 Bus Corridor Improvements
• Bursledon Road Cycle Link Improvements
• Bus stop improvements, Totton
• Chandlers Ford – Hut Hill
• Corridor 1 Totton, Hythe and Fawley Improved Bus Stops with Real Time Inform
• Corridor 4, Eastleigh and Fair Oak Improved Bus Stops with Real Time Information
• Eastleigh Town Centre cycle route
• Eastleigh and Southampton Car Club Hire
• Eling to Holbury Cycle Route Improvements
• Marchwood Bypass Bus Priority Improvements
• Redbridge Causeway to Eling Cycle Route Improvements
• Redbridge Viaduct
• Rushington Roundabout Bus Priority Improvements
• Test Valley - Test Lane cycle link improvement

Schemes in construction

• A27 Providence Hill Cycle Link - works reprogrammed for early 2026.

Update on Beryl Bike Scheme

The Beryl bike share scheme in Eastleigh and Airport Parkway ceased operating on 11 March.

The scheme launched in late 2024 as a pilot, with bike share hubs located at Eastleigh and Southampton Airport Parkway railway stations, Eastleigh College, Boyatt Wood and the Nightingale Estate.

The pilot was funded through the Southampton City Region Transforming Cities Fund, awarded by the Department for Transport in 2020, for a trial period of one year.

While the scheme proved popular with some users, the pilot demonstrated that in its current form the bike share scheme was not commercially viable and would require ongoing subsidy to continue. As the highway licences required to operate the scheme expired on 11 March, the scheme came to an end. The bikes and associated equipment are now being removed from the area.

Hampshire County Council is exploring potential opportunities to expand Southampton City Council’s Voi bike and e‑scooter scheme into Eastleigh. A wider scheme operating across local authority boundaries may help to address some of the challenges identified during the pilot. Further information will be shared as plans progress and more details become available.

Background and Funding Arrangements

In March 2020 Hampshire County Council welcomed news of the successful outcome of a funding bid to the Department for Transport. Made jointly with Southampton City Council, Hampshire County Council made a bid for investment designed to improve walking, cycling and public transport within the Southampton City Region.

The Department for Transport awarded £57 million to the Southampton City Region from the Transforming Cities Fund (TCF). This funding is for making investment to bring about improvement to cycleways, footways and road crossings to help more people to walk and cycle locally and further afield, as well as improving bus travel and connecting different types of transport through mobility hubs in Eastleigh and Southampton Parkway. The funding will be used to better connect Eastleigh, Bursledon and The Waterside/Totton to Southampton City Centre. This infrastructure requires delivery by March 2023.

A summary of progress and highlight key risks on the Transforming Cities Fund schemes was given at the Executive Member for Environment and Transport Decision Day 7 November 2022.

The investment will support plans to improve connectivity across three major travel corridors in and out of Southampton from the Waterside (from Totton down to Holbury), Eastleigh and Bursledon and establish Local Mobility Hubs in key local areas. Eastleigh is to have a mobility hub within the town centre and Southampton Airport Parkway will also be the location of a travel hub.

This together with the £5.7m received from tranche 1 of TCF funds, awarded in January 2019, (£7.4m with local contributions), means the City Region will have seen a transport investment of £75.9m by 2023.

This is a significant level of capital transport funding that will have a transformative impact on people’s journeys by bus, walking and cycling. It also supports Southampton City Council’s Green City Plan and Hampshire County Council’s Climate Emergency, enabling the sustainable growth of the City Region. This also aligns with the emerging Local Transport Plan 4 (LTP4) contributing towards a carbon neutral, resilient Hampshire including encouraging fewer vehicles on Hampshire's roads.

Find more information about Southampton City Council’s proposals.

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