# Trans Pennine Tunnel Study Plus \(TPTS\+\)

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Highways England
- Contract winner: [WSP](/contract-winners/wsp/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £513,649
- Tender value: £513,649
- Award date: 29 May 2018
- Published: 29 May 2018
- Contract start: 1 June 2018
- Contract end: 31 March 2019
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 22dfa364-f364-4211-8bce-efcb2cf6a926-218827
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2f96bbad-ebbf-4766-952a-99eff891894e

## Description

The Highways England Delivery Plan 2015-2020 committed to examine Trans-Pennine routes, develop solutions that could improve journey times between Manchester and Sheffield and address safety concerns in the area\. To date the study \(known as the Trans-Pennine Tunnel Study \(TPTS\)\) has examined the feasibility of implementing a full tunnel connecting Manchester and Sheffield avoiding the Peak District National Park\. This looks to identify work to take the identified package from the WTCA project and undertake additional wider economic modelling works to enhance both the economic and strategic case\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/22dfa364-f364-4211-8bce-efcb2cf6a926-218827)