Cambridge South West Travel Hub work progresses to next stage

Work to deliver a new travel hub to the south-west of Cambridge is progressing to the next stage.

The travel 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 to encourage more people to get out of their cars and cycle, walk, or use public transport.

Following formal approval by the Secretary of State last summer, engineering firm Atkins has been appointed to work up detailed designs for the Cambridge South West Travel Hub.

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 Greater Cambridge Partnership (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.”

As part of the scheme, the GCP will be enhancing the habitat of the area by planting trees and plants to improve the biodiversity of the area.

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 to construct the travel hub on a site to the west of the M11 Junction 11 by Cambridgeshire County Council in June 2022 before it was passed to the Secretary of State for final approval later that summer.

For more information about the scheme visit www.greatercambridge.org.uk