# Active Travel 2026 - Phase 1

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council](/buyers/blackburn-with-darwen-borough-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Bethell Construction Limited](/contract-winners/bethell-construction/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £344,454
- Tender value: £344,454
- Award date: 26 March 2026
- Published: 10 June 2026
- Contract start: 7 April 2026
- Contract end: 18 May 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: works
- Notice ID: 5e125ab0-c462-464f-8e2a-6a8efe800a64-901559
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-35719603-e10c-4737-b687-ff7861fbdc78

## Description

This Scheme will cover Active Travel improvements on Gorse Street and Lower Audley Street, Blackburn And will encompass the installation of an uncontrolled pedestrian crossing with a kerbed centre island, roadmarking alterations, lighting column relocation, replacement lighting columns, associated electrical works, footway reconstruction, fencing and pedestrian controls, removal of trees, traffic signal civils works and carriageway patching\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5e125ab0-c462-464f-8e2a-6a8efe800a64-901559)