Gloucestershire County Council has announced Amey as the preferred bidder for a contract to deliver highways services across the county.

The contract, which will run for five years with possible extensions up to 11 years, will be worth between £130m and £450m.

Amey will take responsibility for managing and maintaining Gloucestershire's highway network – including nearly 10,000 km of roads, as well as providing winter maintenance services and delivering highway improvement schemes.

Amey already works closely with Gloucester City Council providing street scene services for local residents such as refuse and recycling collections, street cleaning, and grounds maintenance.


Mel Ewell, Chief Executive for Amey, said: "I am delighted Amey has been announced preferred bidder by Gloucestershire County Council for this exciting new partnership.

"We are looking forward to further enhancing our services to the residents of Gloucestershire and will draw on our existing footprint in the local area along with our national highways experience to provide high quality, yet cost efficient services for the county.

"We will work closely with the council to help deliver their vision of providing a safe and sustainable transport network."

The contract award comes at the end of a successful year that has seen Amey pick up six major highways contracts with Liverpool City Council, Transport Scotland, the New South Wales state government agency in Australia, the Queensland Government Department in Australia and ASC 6 and ASC 8 with Highway Agency.

(CD/JP)