Griffiths Farrans JV has been awarded a contract to deliver a public transport hub as part of Bristol Airport’s largest capital project ever.
The contract includes:
- £60m+ investment
New public transportation interchange hub
Additional multi-storey car park
Glazed bridge link between the car parks and terminal
Elevating customer comfort with a new waiting area and rest facilities
Enhanced customer facilities including an enlarged Drop Off and Pick Up area
The £60m investment will create a public transport interchange hub and multi-storey car park to enhance services and accessibility for customers arriving or departing from Bristol Airport.
Enabling works started in May to divert services and work has now begun to construct a new access ramp to the existing remaining car parks.
Bristol Airport growth
The project forms part of Bristol Airport’s overall multi-million-pound transformational development plan enabling 12 million passengers a year to use the Airport. It will provide a significantly enlarged public transport interchange hub, improved internal road system and an additional multi-storey car park providing customer enhancements such as waiting rooms and rest facilities.
The public transport interchange hub will provide access for coaches, buses and other forms of public transport on the top level of the multi-storey car park. The public transport interchange hub will more than double the number of bus/coach bays to 16 bays, enabling the Airport to be one of the region’s largest bus/coach interchanges.
The top level of the car park will also provide a dedicated Drop Off and Pick-up location for family, friends or taxis and a new gateway for all customers, with ease of access to the terminal.
The multi-storey car park will provide over 2000 spaces; state of the art technology; blue badge parking; and will adjoin the existing multi-storey car park. The terminal will be accessed via a glazed pedestrian bridge link on the same level.
Dave Lees, CEO, Bristol Airport, said: “This project is transformational for our customers. It is the largest single capital investment project since the terminal opened in 2000 and will take 18 months to complete.
“As with all large-scale projects, they are complex and the development work will need to be phased to accommodate the normal day to day Airport operations.
“During the project, customers will see several temporary changes taking place, including temporary relocation of some car parks and changes to internal roads layouts.
“We will continue to keep customers informed of the changes via directional signage, customer messaging on car park bookings, the website and on social media.”
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