Fleming Way Bus Boulevard - Market Engagement Event

Swindon Borough Council (‘the Council’) has secured funding to deliver a new public transport interchange for Swindon town centre. The redevelopment of Fleming Way is part of the wider town centre regeneration works and aims to create one inclusive bus interchange that will accommodate all bus services in the town centre. This means that all buses which currently operate from two separate sites at Swindon Bus Station and Fleming Way, will all leave from a single site. The Fleming Way Bus Boulevard project (“the Project”) will remove the central pedestrian subway on Fleming Way, lower the entire carriageway and footways (diverting all utilities in the area accordingly), and replace the subway with a large Puffin pedestrian crossing. The removal of the subway will improve the connectivity of the town centre shopping area with the railway station, business district and the new Kimmerfields development to the north of Fleming Way. The Council will also be improving pedestrian and cycle movement through the provision of a new cycle facility to connect the town’s Western and Eastern Flyer cycle routes. Additional signal controlled pedestrian crossings will be provided throughout the scheme, and the Project will significantly enhance the town’s green credentials with the planting of a large number of trees and other vegetation. The new planting will not only increase the biodiversity in the town centre, it will also have a function, forming part of the Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems which will run down the centre of the carriageway. The experience of bus users will also be improved with the provision of bespoke, low carbon, high spec bus shelters which will be fitted with Real Time Passenger Information. An ‘inter urban hub’ is to be created at the western end of the Project which will be a base for the Oxford and Salisbury services, together with two dedicated National Express bays, and a taxi rank. Works are expected to commence in March 2022. Key elements for consideration by potential contractors for the Project are as follows: • Liaising and coordinating directly with various Statutory Utility Companies (“SU”) on behalf of the Council to deliver the programme of diversions. Note: C4 information will be provided as part of the tender package. • Low carbon, sustainable methods of construction and company credentials, in line with the ethos of this Project. • Preparation for the installation of bespoke bus shelters. • Installation of a new public toilet. • Planting and initial maintenance period for the new trees and vegetation. • Town centre location consideration i.e. management of pedestrian traffic around the closed site, and works access.