Contracts for big road schemes

Peterborough City Council (PCC) has awarded two major road building contracts to Milestone Infrastructure, the private civil engineering company with which it has maintained a decade-long contract.

Milestone will deliver the council’s £9.3m A1260 Nene Parkway Junctionscheme as well as the £6.6m Eastern Industries Access scheme.

Both projects are funded by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) money and won’t result in any-long term borrowing, PCC says, but there “will be short-term borrowingtofundtheproject throughout until the claims are met”.

The Nene Parkway schemewillseeathirdsouthboundlaneaddedfromjunction 31 to junction 3 as well as a third lane on the A1260 The Serpentine northbound approach.

Other changes include a new footpath between

Saltmarsh and the Phoenix School and improvements to the bike route between Shrewsbury Avenue and the nearby nature reserve.

The Eastern Industries Access scheme, meanwhile, will see road improvements to the east of the city around Fengate including a new mini-roundaboutatOxneyRoad and Newark Road, a new pedestriancrossingoverOxney Road, improvements to the Newark Road footpath and traffic signal upgrades.

The purpose of this scheme is to mitigate the additional trips anticipated whentheRedBrickFarmSite istransformedintoanindustrialestate,creatingnewjobs, PCC says.

Similarly, the Nene Parkwayschemesaimstoaddress the “severe levels of peak hourcongestion”aroundthe junction and improve walking and cycling options.

Building work on both projects is due to start this summer.