Balfour Beatty, in a Joint Venture with Carillion, has been awarded the £292M construction contract for upgrade works to the A14. Highways England is developing the road as part of the wider A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme.
The works themselves will be undertaken on a critical and complex section of the A14 covering a ten mile stretch of the existing road. Sections of the road will be widened between Swavesey and Girton, including the Girton Junction with the M11 Motorway and the Cambridge Northern Bypass. The project will also require major junction rebuilds and numerous services diversions.
The wider scheme, which will improve the roads between Cambridge and Huntingdon, is subject to statutory approval, and has a Government pledge of £1.5Bn in funding. An integrated delivery team will carry out the main contract, comprising a number of contractor joint ventures, designers and Highways England employees.
The 50:50 Balfour Beatty Carillion Joint Venture is the second construction joint venture to be appointed on the scheme.
Main construction work is due to start in late 2016 with the new bypass and widened A14 opening to traffic in 2020.
Leo Quinn, Balfour Beatty Group Chief Executive said: “This is a complex project and our joint venture brings proven expertise and experience in working as part of an integrated delivery model – something which is going to be crucial for the successful delivery of this project.
“The improvements the scheme will deliver will help to relieve congestion on one of the busiest parts of the strategic road network between the Midlands and East Anglia and support national and regional economic growth.”
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