Balfour Beatty awarded £200m Herefordshire Council contract

INFRASTRUCTURE group Balfour Beatty has been awarded a ten-year contract worth £200 million by Herefordshire Council.

The contract covers highways maintenance and improvement works, street lighting, street cleaning, as well as responsibility for public rights of way, and parks and open spaces. It is due to start on September 1.

Andrew McNaughton, CEO of Balfour Beatty, said: “This exciting opportunity to work with Herefordshire County Council further strengthens our position in the local authority services sector.

“We are dedicated to delivering an effective, efficient, sustainable and customer focused service for the county which we will achieve through flexible delivery, innovation, and staff development.”
 
Geoff Hughes, director for places and communities, Herefordshire Council, said: “We’re delighted to be able to award the contract to Balfour Beatty and look forward to working with our new service provider on these key frontline services.”
 
The full list of core services for which Balfour Beatty will be responsible include:
 
•     Highways management services
•     Highways maintenance and improvement work
•     Traffic controls systems maintenance
•     Street lighting
•     Street cleaning
•     Public rights of way
•     Parks and open spaces
•     Fleet management transformation services
•     Highways asset management