Dorset County Council has selected Hanson Contracting to deliver its highways maintenance over the next 10 years.

The deal is valued at over £100 million and will take effect from 01 April.

The agreement sees Hanson re-secure its strategic partnership contract with Dorset Highways, which it has been carrying out since 2002.

So far, over one million tonnes of asphalt has been laid while high profile projects have been delivered including the Olympic transport package in Weymouth, Swanage recycling centre and most recently the A338 Bournemouth spur road upgrade.


Andrew Martin, Dorset's service director for highways and emergency planning, said: "We are delighted to be able to extend our partnership arrangements with Hanson into a third generation contract. We have worked successfully together for the last 15 years to deliver capital maintenance and highway improvement programme across the county.

"Hanson submitted a very attractive proposal in both price and quality and also put forward a number of exciting new initiatives which we are looking forward to developing and implementing as the contract progresses."

Hanson Contracting's major projects director Denis Curran added: "We are very pleased to be awarded this new partnership contract and to extend our collaborative working arrangements with Dorset County Council."

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