Busy times ahead for highways maintenance contractors

Local authorities are going to award over 80 term maintenance contracts during 2015 for highways maintenance. As well as road surfacing, many contracts also involve street lighting, bridge maintenance and other services. This compares with just 65 highways maintenance contracts awarded in 2014.

This is one of the conclusions of a new BDS Marketing report that details over 300
highways maintenance currently in place at local authorities throughout Great Britain.
As well as the name of the local authority and current contractor, the report includes
details of the length of contract and work involved under the contract. All contracts due
for re-negotiation shortly are also highlighted.

‘The contracts up for renewal during 2015 are valued at nearly £300 million, so this is a
busy time for contractors in highway maintenance’ said Andy Sales, author of the BDS
report. ‘In addition, there are five Highways England contracts to be awarded in 2015,
valued at nearly £250 million. This compares with no contracts awarded at all last year.’