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comprising of BAM Nuttall Limited, Ferrovial Construction (UK) Ltd and VINCI Construction Grands Projets.<\/li>\n<li>Costain Limited<\/li>\n<li>Kier Eiffage (KEJV); comprising of Kier Highways Limited and Eiffage G\u00e9nie Civil.<\/li>\n<li>Skanska Construction UK Limited<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Roads North of the Thames (Lot 2):<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd<\/li>\n<li>Kier Eiffage (KEJV); comprising of Kier Highways Limited and Eiffage G\u00e9nie Civil.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u2018The most ambitious road project\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Matt Palmer, Lower Thames Crossing executive director, said \u201cOur roads connect us \u2013 we rely on them, and they are a critical part of our economic recovery and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/construction-technology-news\/energy-modelling-buildings\/88027\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">low-carbon future<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Lower Thames Crossing is the most ambitious road project this country has seen since the M25 was completed 35 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese contracts show our commitment to this project, which will support 22,000 jobs during its construction and provide a huge economic boost to the UK economy when it opens for traffic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur challenge is to build a new crossing that not only supports the next generation of low carbon vehicles but also allows us to enhance the natural environment and leave a positive legacy for generations to come.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to this next stage of the procurement process with the five shortlisted companies and hope the final bids match our aspirations.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Highways has revealed the five companies in the race for two road contracts worth \u00a31.9bn to design and build routes north and south of the river on the planned Lower Thames Crossing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"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":[9877,639,806],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-99561","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-national-highways","8":"tag-procurement","9":"tag-road-improvements"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Five bidders shortlisted for \u00a31.9bn Lower Thames Crossing deal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"National Highways has revealed the five companies in the race for two road contracts worth \u00a31.9bn to design and build routes on the Lower Thames Crossing\" \/>\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\/lower-thames-crossing\/99561\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Five bidders shortlisted for \u00a31.9bn Lower Thames Crossing deal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"National Highways has revealed the five companies in the race for two road contracts worth \u00a31.9bn to design and build routes north and south of the river on the planned Lower Thames Crossing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/lower-thames-crossing\/99561\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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