NRP was appointed to procure and manage the new bypass as part of a major investment just outside of Southampton, connecting 1,400 new homes to the local network while preserving the crucial ecological landscape.
At the site of a former golf course at Boorley, the consortium of Bloor Homes, Bovis Homes, and Linden Homes undertook the construction of a new 1.1 km bypass complete with a 20m single-span concrete bridge on greenfield land, to support the development of 1,400 new homes and reinforce the local infrastructure.
Client:
Consortium of Bloor Homes, Bovis Homes and Linden HomeLocation:
SouthamptonSector:
Highways and InfrastructureUnder the leadership of Managing Director Matt Kennedy, our team of civil engineers, quantity surveyors, and project managers provided essential services including cost consultancy, transport planning, engineering, project management, and program management. Our project managers handled stakeholder management to secure approvals from both Hampshire County Council for road construction and Eastleigh Borough Council for planning.
The site’s ecological sensitivity guided our bridge design, aiming to protect local flora and fauna. Specifically, we ensured bats could freely traverse the valley in their natural habitat without encountering traffic, using innovative lighting strategies that minimise impacts of artificial lighting and disturb their natural foraging routes.
The site is ecologically sensitive and the design and implementation of the bridge work was undertaken in a way to preserve as much of the local flora and fauna as possible, as well as allowing bats to traverse the valley in their natural habitat whilst avoiding vehicular traffic, with a bespoke lighting strategy which minimises the impacts of artificial lighting on bat foraging routes.
Our project managers led the stakeholder management for achieving approvals from both Hampshire County Council for road works and Eastleigh Borough Council for planning works, whilst managing a consortium of three individual home developers.