Atkins wins detailed design for Cambridge South West Travel Hub

Engineering firm Atkins has been appointed to work up detailed designs for the Cambridge South West Travel Hub, to the west of the M11 junction 11. The Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) scheme aims to encourage more people to get out of their cars and cycle, walk, or use public transport.

The hub will provide up to 2,150 car parking spaces – with 108 Blue Badge spaces and 108 electric vehicle charging bays and 326 cycle spaces.

Once the detailed designs are complete a procurement process will be carried out to appoint a contractor to construct the scheme. Construction is planned for early 2025.

Anna Chylinska-Derkowska, project manager for the GCP, said, “This is the next step in the South West Travel Hub project which, when complete, will help to take thousands of cars off the road.

“This will help to cut congestion on the roads, improve air quality and give people the opportunity to walk, cycle or take the bus in and out of the city.”

The GCP has also committed to enhancing the habitat of the area by planting trees and plants to promote biodiversity.

The travel hub will also have 12 parking spaces for coaches and an off-road public transport link between the hub and the A10 Hauxton Road/Addenbrooke’s Road junction. Solar panels will also be incorporated as part of the project to support sustainable transport initiatives.

The GCP was provisionally granted approval by Cambridgeshire County Council in June 2022 before it was passed to the secretary of state for final approval later that summer.