Contract award · 1 Feb 2026

March Area Transport Survey (MATS) Phase 2A - Twenty Foot Road and St Peter's Road (Construction)

Cambridgeshire County Council awarded “March Area Transport Survey (MATS) Phase 2A - Twenty Foot Road and…” to Octavius Infrastructure Ltd for £2m.

Construction workEast of England

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Key facts

Buyer
Cambridgeshire County Council · Regional or local authority
Value
£2,000,000
Procedure
Call-off from a framework agreement
Sector
Construction work · Construction work (CPV 45000000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date1 Feb 2026
  2. Published11 Feb 2026Published 10 days after the contract date

Description

The March Area Transport Study (MATS) is a programme of highway improvement works comprising several schemes designed to address congestion and safety challenges in the town of March, Fenland. In July 2024, the Governing Board of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) approved the progression of two of the MATS schemes, which are now the subject of the proposed procurement exercise, to full construction. The schemes are: Twenty Foot Road The realignment of Twenty Foot Road 25m north of its current intersection with the A141 to create a new junction enabling the introduction of traffic signals. St Peters Road Improvement to the signalised junction between St Peters Road and High Street including the insertion of a right turn lane on the High Street approaches to St Peter's Rd together with upgrades to the existing controlled crossings at and around the junction. This contract was called off the Eastern Highways Alliance Framework 4 via further competition.

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