Kier has secured a £35 million (US$47.7 million) contract to build a transport hub at Bristol Temple Quarter in Bristol, UK, as part of a major regeneration scheme expected to enable the development of 10,000 new homes.

The Southern Gateway scheme involves the construction of a seven-storey multi-storey car park accommodating both cars and motorcycles, as well as a three-storey cycle pavilion equipped with secure Sheffield stands and two-tier cycle parking systems. The project also includes the creation of new public spaces between the car park and cycle pavilion, incorporating both hard and soft landscaping, drainage infrastructure, a new pedestrian walkway, and a southern entrance to Temple Meads station. Highway improvements feature a fully segregated pedestrian footpath and a two-way cycle lane along Bath Road, a new bus stop with passenger waiting facilities and layby, and a signal-controlled vehicular access point to the car park. In addition, the scheme provides a new Network Rail service yard and the relocation of an existing rail asset protection facility. 

The Southern Gateway scheme, designed by AHR, features a 379-space multi-storey car park, a 530-space cycle storage facility, and new bus stops located adjacent to Bristol Temple Meads station. The development will replace the existing surface car park, unlocking land for future residential and commercial buildings as part of the wider masterplan designed by Prior + Partners for Bristol Temple Quarter. Kier is expected to complete the project by March 2028, with construction anticipated to begin in mid-2026. The scheme will also deliver enhancements to pedestrian and cycling infrastructure. Arup is serving as project manager and lead consultant, while also providing structural and civil engineering, transport engineering, fire engineering, and energy consultancy services. AHR is leading the architectural design, urban design, and landscape architecture. The wider project team includes Mott MacDonald, responsible for ground investigation and archaeological services, and Alan Baxter, providing heritage consultancy. The client for the project is Bristol Temple Quarter LLP (BTQ LLP), the organisation overseeing delivery of the masterplan, in partnership with Homes England and Bristol City Council. Network Rail is not a formal member of the LLP but is acting as a delivery partner due to its role in station infrastructure and operational integration. The broader 135-hectare masterplan is expected to become one of the UK’s largest regeneration programmes in the coming years. Muse has been appointed as the preferred development partner for two major sites within the 10,000-home Bristol Temple Quarter project in central Bristol. The company will lead the redevelopment of Temple Meads West, located to the west of Bristol Temple Meads railway station, as well as another key site at St Philip’s Marsh.