A £60m investment has been announced for a public transport interchange hub and multi-storey car park at Bristol Airport.
The airport also won the Sustainable Airport trophy at this year’s Airport Honour Awards, run by International Airport Review.
The Sustainable Airport award recognised Bristol Airport’s efforts to achieve net-zero operations by 2030. The multimillion-pound investment required to make that target a reality continues, the transport hub said, with a new 1.6mw solar array. Gas is also being steadily removed and replaced while heating is provided by air source heat pumps. Lighting is also being upgraded to low-energy LEDs.
The awards ceremony brought together more than 200 airports from more than 80 countries.
Hannah Pollard, head of sustainability at Bristol Airport said: “We’re proud to be recognised by the International Airport review and to win this award. It supports our long-term sustainability plans and our aim to take the lead in this area.
“There’s a huge amount still to do, not only as part of our plan to achieve net zero operations by 2030, but to address emissions from road transport accessing the Airport and from flights. Our region is pioneering zero-emissions hydrogen-powered flight and we’re in unique partnerships working to make that a reality.”
Griffiths Farrans JV has been awarded the contract to deliver a transformational public transport hub as part of Bristol Airport’s largest capital project ever.
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 terminal access, and an additional multi-storey car park.
The public transport interchange hub will provide access to 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 multi-storey car park will provide more than 2,000 spaces, state of the art technology and blue badge parking. It will adjoin the existing multi-storey car park and terminal access will be via a glazed pedestrian bridge link on the same level.
Dave Lees, CEO, of 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 in 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 road 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.”
Simon Dunn, Pre-Construction Director, Griffiths Farrans JV, added: “Griffiths and Farrans have worked in partnership with Bristol Airport and fellow CRH business Tarmac to deliver the optimum solution for the Airport, with a keen focus on sustainability. Over 100,000 tonnes of excavated material will be processed into suitable material for use in the project. All asphalt materials removed from the existing car park will also be processed for re-use within the asphalt material that will be provided for the perimeter roads.
“This project is a great example of what can be achieved when both client and contractor work in an open and collaborative way, something that has been instilled in the project team from day one.”
