Over two miles of our roads have been resurfaced and reconstructed - and a thousand lamp-posts, hundreds of road signs and eighty benches have had a new lick of paint in Bournemouth in 2011.

The major projects as part of the council's Road Rescue scheme have included Horseshoe Common Roundabout and roads in the town centre, between the Alma Road-Richmond Park Road junction and Kings Road junction in Charminster - and others in Westbourne, Moordown, Strouden park and Northbourne.

The street improvements were part of their one million pound Smart Streets programme, which has also seen chewing gum removed from pavements, road markings repainted and solar-powered bins installed.