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Carillion PLC

24 July 2008

 



24th July 

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.

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.'

For further information contact 

John Denning, Director Group Corporate Affairs, Carillion plc 01902 316426

Notes to editors

Carillion is one of the UK's leading support services, Public Private Partnership project and construction companies. The Group has annual revenue of around £5 billion, employs some 50,000 people and operates across the UK, in the Middle East, Canada and the Caribbean. 

In the UK, Carillion's principal market sectors are Defence, Education, Health, Facilities Management & Services, Rail, Roads, Building, Civil Engineering and Utilities Services. 

In the Middle East, Carillion's principal market sectors are Construction and Facilities Management. In Canada and the Caribbean, the Group's main sectors are Health, Roads Maintenance and Construction.

Carillion has a substantial portfolio of equity investments in Public Private Partnership projects, particularly in the Defence, Education, Health and Transport sectors.

In the inaugural Sunday Times Best Green Companies Awards in May 2008, Carillion secured first place in the category for large and medium-sized companies with high environmental impact and second place overall.

This and other Carillion news releases can be found at www.carillionplc.com

 

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