Balfour Beatty appointed to deliver Yorkshire motorway contracts

THE Highways Agency has chosen Balfour Beatty to be one of the four delivery partners in a framework contract to deliver its managed motorways schemes, which include two Yorkshire routes.

By The Newsroom

Published 17th Feb 2010, 08:59 BST

The overall contract, which has a value of up to 2bn, aims 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 six schemes by 2015, including improving the M62 hard shoulder between junctions 25 and 30 near Bradford and the M1 hard shoulder between junctions 32 and 35a east of Sheffield.

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."

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 this framework contract.