# Highways Construction Scheme - Toneway Corridor Creech Castle Junction - Capacity Improvements

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Somerset County Council](/buyers/somerset-county-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Alun Griffiths \(Contractors\) Ltd\.](/contract-winners/alun-griffiths-contractors/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £6,421,761
- Tender value: £6,400,000
- Award date: 18 June 2021
- Published: 21 June 2021
- Contract start: 9 August 2021
- Contract end: 8 July 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: works
- Notice ID: a5619abb-5e44-415e-9b08-631d3b7ef474-445149
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7bdbd0c3-d481-48e6-bcf3-f1599fd631fd

## Description

Highways Construction Scheme for Toneway Corridor - Creech Castle in Taunton, Somerset\. The proposed scheme involves: - increased lanes on all approaches, - removal of right turn from A358 West into Bridgwater Road South, -at grade pedestrian and cycle crossings, - new cycle access bridge on Bridgwater Road North\. The proposed scheme will deliver: - improved facilities for pedestrians and cyclists, - better manage peak hour traffic, - junction signals will operate more efficiently enabling more traffic through at each cycle, - improve access to Taunton and the M5, - builds upon improvements at J25, - benefit the economy of Taunton by providing space for traffic growth\. The Authority is using the competitive process with negotiation\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a5619abb-5e44-415e-9b08-631d3b7ef474-445149)