Balfour Beatty wins Yorkshire motorway contracts
THE Highways Agency has appointed Balfour Beatty as one of the four delivery partners in a framework contract to deliver its Managed Motorways schemes – including two on key routes in Yorkshire.
The scheme follows a successful pilot on the M42 in Warwickshire which actively managed traffic using the hard shoulder to relieve congestion at peak times.
The overall contract, which is worth up to £2bn, is to reduce congestion, improve safety and make journey times more reliable on key sections of England’s motorways.
The framework contract is expected to deliver the following Managed Motorways schemes by 2015:
– M62 hard shoulder running between junctions 25 and 30 near Bradford
– M1 hard shoulder running between junctions 32 and 35a east of Sheffield
– M6 hard shoulder running between junctions 5 and 8 near Walsall, Birmingham
– M60 hard shoulder running between junctions 8 and 12 east Manchester
– M62 hard shoulder running between junctions 18 and 20 north of Manchester
– M4/M5 hard shoulder running around Bristol from M4 Junction 19 to M5 Junction 17
Other schemes which improve capacity and traffic flow, using technology to make journey times more reliable, improve safety and provide driver information, could also be delivered under the contract.
Balfour Beatty chief executive, Ian Tyler, said: “We are delighted to have been named as a delivery partner by the Highways Agency for its Managed Motorways schemes.
“We have gained substantial expertise in recent years in using technology to actively manage traffic to improve safety, increase capacity and improve journey time reliability on major motorways.”
