A-one+ joint venture with Halcrow and Colas is awarded five-year maintenance contract

A joint venture between Costain, Halcrow and Colas has been awarded a five-year, £115m contract for road maintenance in the North-east.

The A-one+ consortium has been given the managing agent contractor contract by the Highways Agency to carry out routine maintenance and improvements to trunk roads across Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Durham and North Yorkshire.

The region, dubbed Area 14 by the UK Highways Agency, contains 635km of motorway and trunk roads as well as 419 structures such as bridges and gantries.

Andrew Wyllie, chief executive of Costain, said: "We have targeted maintenance contracts as a key priority in line with our strategic goal of achieving a significant market share in this area."

The contract takes effect from 1 July 2010.

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