Carillion wins £96m motorway contract for the Highways Agency

Leading support services company Carillion has won an £96million contract for the Highways Agency to provide Active Traffic Management systems to reduce congestion on the motorway network around Birmingham.

Birmingham Box Active Traffic Management

The project, known as the Birmingham Box Active Traffic Management Phases 1 & 2, will involve the installation of gantries, signage, safety fencing and the associated technology to increase the network capacity on sections of motorway around Birmingham. This includes variable speed limits and hard-shoulder running on M6 Junction 4 to Junction 5 and M6 Junction 8 to Junction 10A and variable speed limits on M40 Junction 16 to M42 Junction 3A and M42 Junction 7 to Junction 9.

Work is expected to start in Autumn 2008 and finish in Spring 2011.

Carillion chief executive, John McDonough, said: “We are delighted to have won this important contract, which builds on the extensive maintenance and other technology services we provide for the Highways Agency. We look forward to working with the Highways Agency to deliver the new systems, which will relieve congestion for drivers on these busy sections of motorway network.”

IDS through Burdens are currently supplying Carillion with IDS chambers working on the Basingstoke Ring Road, Rugby Western Relief Road and Beaconsfield.