Four contractors – Interserve, VolkerFitzpatrick, Graham 91ºÚÁÏÍø and Osborne – are sharing the load, which was awarded via the collaborative delivery framework (CDF).
The work includes resurfacing, safety barrier and lighting upgrades, drainage maintenance and repairs, and new signs and road markings.
Larger elements include new noise barriers at eight locations along the M40 in Buckingham and South Oxfordshire, at a cost of £3.4m, and a £3.5m repairs to accident-damaged bridges on the A47 Saddlebow interchange at King’s Lynn. Both of these projects are being carried out by Graham 91ºÚÁÏÍø.
Who has the work
Package |
Contractor |
Design |
Roads |
Locations |
A |
Interserve |
WSP |
M11 |
Harlow to Girton |
B |
VolkerFitzpatrick |
Aecom |
A5, M1, A421 |
Heath and Reach, Hockliffe, Friars Wash, Milton Keynes, Luton, Bedford, Newport Pagnell, Toddington Services, |
C |
VolkerFitzpatrick |
Aecom |
A1(M), A14 (Cambs), A428, A1 |
Welwyn, Stevenage, Letchworth, Baldock, Fenstanton, Huntingdon, St Neots, Caxton, Langford, Little Barford, Biggleswade, Wyboston, Sandy, Southoe, Buckden, Tempsford |
D |
Graham 91ºÚÁÏÍø |
Mott MacDonald |
A47 (west), A11, A1, A47 structures |
East Winch, Swaffham, Kings Lynn, Hardwick, Peterborough, Wisbech, Castor, Dereham, Guyhirn, Wisbech, Thorney Toll, Gorleston, Besthorpe, Attleborough, Wansford, Whitening |
E |
Graham 91ºÚÁÏÍø |
Mott MacDonald |
A47 (east) |
Acle, Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft. |
F |
Osborne |
Jacobs |
A11, A12 |
Barton Mills, Red Lodge, Newmarket, Thetford, Ingestion, Howe Green, Mountnessing, Boreham, Hatfield Peveral, Witham. Kelvedon, Colchester, Marks Tey |
G |
Osborne |
Jacobs |
A14 (Suffolk), A120, Structures on all routes (except A47) |
Newmarket, Bury St Edmonds, Copdock, Claydon, Orwell Bridge |
H |
Graham 91ºÚÁÏÍø |
WSP |
M40 |
Between junctions 3 and 8 |
What they’ll be doing
Road |
 Main activities |
 Expected dates |
A12 |
Resurfacing, road markings, safety improvements, safety barrier repairs, traffic signals, bridge repairs, safety improvements |
November 2017 – March 2018 |
A120 |
Slip road improvements, bridge refurbishment, signage improvements, safety improvements, lighting renewal, carriageway repairs, resurfacing |
November 2017 – March 2018 |
A47 |
Bridge repairs, safety improvements, road markings, safety improvements, pedestrian warning signs, traffic signals, layby resurfacing, weather station renewal |
Ongoing, completion by March 2018 |
M11 |
Resurfacing, drainage works, embankment repairs, barrier repairs, sign replacement |
Ongoing, completion by November 2017 |
A14 (Suffolk) |
 Weather station relocation, signage improvements, safety improvements, lighting renewal, bridge repairs, concrete carriageway repairs, resurfacing |
Ongoing, completion by March 2018 |
A14 (Cambs) |
Resurfacing, bridge repairs, road markings and fencing |
October 2017 – March 2018 |
A428 |
Signs and road markings safety improvements |
January 2018 |
A1 / A1(M) |
Signs and road markings, resurfacing, safety improvements, bridge repairs, weather station upgrade, electrical repairs, drainage repairs, technology improvements, upgrading street lighting to LED, vegetation removal, landscape improvements |
Ongoing, completion by March 2018 |
M1 |
Resurfacing, bridge repairs, road markings, technology improvements, electrical repairs, upgrading street lighting to LED |
November 2017 to March 2018 |
A421 |
Signs and road markings, electrical repairs, safety improvements |
October 2017 |
A5 |
Signs and road markings, weather station upgrade, upgrading street lighting to LED, traffic signal improvements |
October 2017 – March 2017 |
M40 |
Noise barrier installation at seven sites along the M40; technology renewal at three locations in Buckinghamshire. |
 January 2018 – March 2018 |
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