Neptune Developments, working in partnership with Wolverhampton City Council, has selected BAM Construction as preferred contractor to build Wolverhampton’s new £20 million bus station.
Wolverhampton Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Enterprise, Councillor Paddy Bradley, welcomed the announcement, ”It is very exciting to see work starting in the city centre on a project that will transform Wolverhampton.
“The Interchange is one of the most important infrastructure developments to have been planned in Wolverhampton for decades and will provide the city with a passenger transport hub fit for the 21st Century”.
Neptune Developments, one of the country’s leading regeneration developers, is renowned for delivering high profile and complex schemes. They have transformed key areas of Liverpool, including Queen Square and are currently developing Mann Island, on the prestigious World Heritage Site on Liverpool’s waterfront, along with a major scheme in New Brighton, Wirral.
Rob Mason, Neptune's Development Director, said: "We are very excited to have started work on the Wolverhampton Interchange scheme and the selection of BAM as the preferred contractor demonstrates that we are firmly on target.
”We are totally committed to Wolverhampton and to delivering an excellent scheme and we look forward to getting out on site and starting to make our vision a reality."
A series of preparatory works started in the city centre this week. These initial works include re-siting of bus stops to Queen Street and Stafford Street and re-locating the travel information centre to premises in Queen Street. These will not come into operation until the bus station closes
BAM’s commercial work includes the redevelopment of Birmingham’s Brindley Place. Its local team recently won the Prime Minister’s Best Public Building Award for Joseph Chamberlain College, also in Birmingham. A series of preparatory works started in the city centre this week.
Neptune Developments is working in partnership with Wolverhampton City Council, together with Centro the region’s transport authority, National Express West Midlands and other bus operators, to deliver the new facility.