BOURNEMOUTH has been rated as one of the most congested cities in the UK, even with congestion falling by 23 per cent across the South of England.
Data collected by TomTom’s Traffic Index report showed that the Dorset town was positioned sixth nationally and only behind Brighton and Hove as the most jammed area in the south of the country.
Bournemouth has seen its congestion level fall by 20 per cent from 35 in 2019 to 28 last year, but continues to have some of the busiest roads in the South of England, which remains as the UK’s most congested region.
After a ‘normal’ start to 2020 – with congestion levels consistent with 2019 – traffic levels plunged in March and April as the first national lockdown was declared, only starting to recover in June and July.