{"id":47759,"date":"2018-10-05T14:00:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=47759"},"modified":"2018-10-05T14:59:10","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T13:59:10","slug":"highways-contract-telford-wreckin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/highways-contract-telford-wreckin\/47759\/","title":{"rendered":"Balfour Beatty lands \u00a3103m highways contract for Telford and Wrekin"},"content":{"rendered":"

The construction and infrastructure experts announced a seven year, \u00a3103 million contract by Telford and Wrekin Council to maintain the borough’s highway assets<\/h2>\n

Working with the council, Balfour Beatty<\/a> will maintain 626 miles of highways and 743 miles of footpaths, provide drainage cleansing services as well as winter gritting and reactive highways maintenance as required.<\/p>\n

Steve Helliwell, Managing Director of Balfour Beatty Living Places, said: \u201cWe are delighted to have been awarded this contract by Telford and Wrekin Council; it builds on our trusted expertise in highways services.<\/p>\n

“We look forward to working closely with the Council and the local community to deliver tangible improvements across the Borough.\u201d<\/p>\n

Balfour has been enlisted into the project to save the council an estimated \u00a3200,000 a year through an enhanced management of services.<\/p>\n

In addition, the company will also work with the council to deliver a \u00a320 million\u00a0capital investment programme to improve roads, paths and highways<\/a> structures. This will be delivered over the first two years of the contract.<\/p>\n

The award recognises Balfour Beatty Living Places\u2019 expertise in delivering highways maintenance services and providing customer-focused innovation in day-to-day operations, such as sharing real-time online information to improve road users\u2019 interaction with roadworks and minimise any disruption to the travelling public.<\/p>\n

Councilor Hilda Rhodes, Cabinet Member for Transport<\/a>, Roads and Broadband, added: \u201cThis is a key contract for the Council at a time when we are investing very heavily in improving roads and footpaths across the Borough through our \u00a345 million Pride in Our Community programme.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe savings from the contract will have no effect on the major capital investment that we are making between now and April 2021 targeting roads in particular.\u201d<\/p>\n

Due to begin in April 2019, the works will employ approximately 46 full-time employees, including four apprentices and graduates.<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The construction and infrastructure experts announced a seven year, \u00a3103 million contract by Telford and Wrekin Council to maintain the borough’s highway assets. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[619,676,276,280],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[172945],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-47759","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-balfour-beatty","8":"tag-construction","9":"tag-government","10":"tag-transport","11":"stakeholder_rel_tag-balfour-beatty"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBalfour Beatty lands \u00a3103m highways contract for Telford and Wrekin<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The construction and infrastructure experts announced a seven year, \u00a3103 million contract by Telford and Wrekin Council to maintain the borough's highway assets.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/highways-contract-telford-wreckin\/47759\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Balfour Beatty lands \u00a3103m highways contract for Telford and Wrekin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The construction and infrastructure experts announced a seven year, \u00a3103 million contract by Telford and Wrekin Council to maintain the borough's highway assets.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/highways-contract-telford-wreckin\/47759\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-10-05T13:00:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-10-05T13:59:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/fkjhkhdghd.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"333\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sally Eccleston\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@PBC_Today\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PBC_Today\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/highways-contract-telford-wreckin\/47759\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/highways-contract-telford-wreckin\/47759\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sally Eccleston\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5f4ccf6acddfe485bec7556a9d49203e\"},\"headline\":\"Balfour Beatty lands \u00a3103m highways contract for Telford and Wrekin\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-05T13:00:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-10-05T13:59:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/highways-contract-telford-wreckin\/47759\/\"},\"wordCount\":301,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Balfour Beatty\",\"Construction Processes\",\"Government Policy\",\"Transport\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Planning & Construction News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/highways-contract-telford-wreckin\/47759\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2018\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/highways-contract-telford-wreckin\/47759\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/highways-contract-telford-wreckin\/47759\/\",\"name\":\"Balfour Beatty lands \u00a3103m highways contract for Telford and Wrekin\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-05T13:00:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-10-05T13:59:10+00:00\",\"description\":\"The construction and infrastructure experts announced a seven year, \u00a3103 million contract by Telford and Wrekin Council to maintain the borough's highway assets.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/highways-contract-telford-wreckin\/47759\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/highways-contract-telford-wreckin\/47759\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/highways-contract-telford-wreckin\/47759\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Balfour Beatty lands \u00a3103m highways contract for Telford and Wrekin\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\",\"description\":\"The Latest Planning, Building & Construction News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\",\"alternateName\":\"PBC Today\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/PBC_Today\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5f4ccf6acddfe485bec7556a9d49203e\",\"name\":\"Sally Eccleston\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/529726b4f3deecd468a3918b549d084a26f0b578930ace4a43e3472ab4a3f150?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/529726b4f3deecd468a3918b549d084a26f0b578930ace4a43e3472ab4a3f150?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sally Eccleston\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/author\/sallyeccleston\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Balfour Beatty lands \u00a3103m highways contract for Telford and Wrekin","description":"The construction and infrastructure experts announced a seven year, \u00a3103 million contract by Telford and Wrekin Council to maintain the borough's highway assets.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/highways-contract-telford-wreckin\/47759\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Balfour Beatty lands \u00a3103m highways contract for Telford and Wrekin","og_description":"The construction and infrastructure experts announced a seven year, \u00a3103 million contract by Telford and Wrekin Council to maintain the borough's highway assets.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/highways-contract-telford-wreckin\/47759\/","og_site_name":"Planning, Building & Construction Today","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/","article_published_time":"2018-10-05T13:00:48+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-10-05T13:59:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":500,"height":333,"url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/fkjhkhdghd.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Sally Eccleston","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@PBC_Today","twitter_site":"@PBC_Today","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/highways-contract-telford-wreckin\/47759\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/highways-contract-telford-wreckin\/47759\/"},"author":{"name":"Sally Eccleston","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5f4ccf6acddfe485bec7556a9d49203e"},"headline":"Balfour Beatty lands \u00a3103m highways contract for Telford and Wrekin","datePublished":"2018-10-05T13:00:48+00:00","dateModified":"2018-10-05T13:59:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/highways-contract-telford-wreckin\/47759\/"},"wordCount":301,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"},"keywords":["Balfour Beatty","Construction Processes","Government Policy","Transport"],"articleSection":["Planning & Construction News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/highways-contract-telford-wreckin\/47759\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2018","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/highways-contract-telford-wreckin\/47759\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/highways-contract-telford-wreckin\/47759\/","name":"Balfour Beatty lands \u00a3103m highways contract for Telford and Wrekin","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-10-05T13:00:48+00:00","dateModified":"2018-10-05T13:59:10+00:00","description":"The construction and infrastructure experts announced a seven year, \u00a3103 million contract by Telford and Wrekin Council to maintain the borough's highway assets.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/highways-contract-telford-wreckin\/47759\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/highways-contract-telford-wreckin\/47759\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/highways-contract-telford-wreckin\/47759\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Balfour Beatty lands \u00a3103m highways contract for Telford and Wrekin"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/","name":"Planning, Building & Construction Today","description":"The Latest Planning, Building & Construction News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization","name":"Planning, Building & Construction Today","alternateName":"PBC Today","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"Planning, Building & Construction Today"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/","https:\/\/x.com\/PBC_Today"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5f4ccf6acddfe485bec7556a9d49203e","name":"Sally Eccleston","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/529726b4f3deecd468a3918b549d084a26f0b578930ace4a43e3472ab4a3f150?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/529726b4f3deecd468a3918b549d084a26f0b578930ace4a43e3472ab4a3f150?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sally Eccleston"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk"],"url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/author\/sallyeccleston\/"}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-06 00:32:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47759"},{"taxonomy":"stakeholder_rel_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stakeholder_rel_tag?post=47759"},{"taxonomy":"contributor_rel_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor_rel_tag?post=47759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}