Last checked at 3 Jan 2012 07:00
3 January 2012
Carillion wins M6 managed motorway contract worth some £105 million
Carillion has been awarded a £104.9 million contract to transform another section of the M6 in Birmingham - between Junctions 5 and 8 - into a managed motorway. Managed motorways use a range of innovative technology combined with new operating procedures to actively control traffic flow. This includes variable mandatory speed limits and opening up the hard shoulder to traffic to reduce congestion and improve journey times and safety.
Carillion is one of the Highways Agency's four delivery partners for the managed motorway national framework and this award strengthens Carillion's position as a leading provider of managed motorway upgrades and follows the successful delivery of two previous phases of the managed motorway programme around Birmingham.
Advance works for the contract are due to start at the end of January 2012 and the main works by June 2012, subject to the completion of the statutory process, with contract completion scheduled for 2014-15.
Commenting, Carillion Chief Executive, Richard Howson, said: "We are delighted to have been chosen to work with the Highways Agency as its delivery partner for this latest managed motorway contract, which further reinforces Carillion's position as one of the leading suppliers for the Agency's managed motorway programme."
For more information
John Denning, Director Group Corporate Affairs, Carillion plc + 44 (0) 1902316426
Finsbury
James Murgatroyd or Gordon Simpson +44 (0) 207 2513801
Notes to Editors
Carillion is a leading support services company with a substantial portfolio of Public Private Partnership projects and extensive construction capabilities. The Group had annual revenue in 2010 of £5.1 billion, employs around 50,000 people and operates across the UK, in the Middle East and Canada. The Group has four business segments.
Support services - this includes facilities management, facilities services, energy services, utility services, road maintenance, rail services and consultancy services.
Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects - this includes our investing activities in PPP projects in our chosen sectors of Defence, Health, Education, Transport, Secure and other Government accommodation.
Middle East construction services - this includes our building and civil engineering activities in the Middle East.
Construction services(excluding the Middle East) - this includes building, civil engineering and our development activities in the UK and our construction activities in Canada.
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