The big projects set to modernise the county in 2026

It seems wherever you look in Cambridgeshire there is construction work of some kind going on.

New homes, roads and train stations are among the projects being built.

So how different will the county look by the end of 2026?

Here are some of the projects to watch over the course of the next 12 months.

Originally scheduled to open in December 2025, Network Rail say Cambridge's third railway station should now be open to passengers by June 2026.

Situated on the line linking Cambridge and London, the station is next to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, home to Addenbrooke's Hospital.

It is hoped it will give the thousands of people who work and visit the site every day access to the rail network.

Network Rail say all services that currently pass through the station will stop at Cambridge South from the day it opens.

The station will have 1,000 cycle parking spaces but cars and vehicles will not have any parking facilities.

As work at Cambridge South finishes, a few miles further north on the same line, the construction of another station is due to start.

Waterbeach Station is being relocated, as part of plans to build the Waterbeach New Town development.

A new haul road is already being built and the Greater Cambridge Partnership says the work will get under way in the autumn of 2026.

It is expected to be be up and running by 2028.

The first preparation work to redevelop Peterborough's Station Quarter began in November.

Construction is expected to start on the Queensgate Roundabout during 2026.

This first phase focuses on the part known as the "City Link" and will provide a safer and more pleasant waking route from the train station to the city centre.

The entire project will include a new multi-storey car park, a new entrance on the western side of the tracks and improved facilities for passengers.

Major work on a new foot and cycle bridge over the River Nene in Peterborough is due to start in 2026.

It will link the new Fletton Quays development with the Embankment.

Expected to cost £8.3m, it is hoped the Cygnet Bridge will provide an alternative route across the river, away from the busy roads.

Sewer diversion works began in September but the main construction is scheduled to start when the weather improves in 2026.

Walking through the Grafton Centre in Cambridge while Christmas shopping may have felt very strange.

The majority of units, except those near the Fitzroy Street entrance, are boarded up and being stripped out ready for redevelopment.

According to the developers, construction work will get under way this year on the new Premier Inn Hotel on East Road, the Life Sciences space and a new "retail loop".

The work is scheduled for completion at various points throughout 2027 and 2028.

A new bereavement centre on the site of the former Mepal Outdoor Centre is scheduled to open in the summer of 2026.

Construction is already underway on the facility, which will be called Lake View.

The bereavement centre will include a crematorium, natural burial ground and memorial garden.

Permission was granted by East Cambridgeshire District Council earlier this year, despite some opponents saying it was too close to another crematorium in the nearby town of March.

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