Highways England has announced the thirteen contractors who have been selected to carry out up to £8.7 billion of work on the national road network.

The contractors, known as Delivery Integration Partners, will be part of Highways England's Regional Delivery Partnership, which incentivises companies to improve safety and journeys on roads.

The partnership will help develop, design and construct highway projects across England from 2019 through to 2024.

Highways England Chief Executive Jim O'Sullivan said: "Routes to Market represents a fundamental change in the way we deliver road projects. It will be performance rather than price based, focusing on building the right projects with the best outcomes for road users and the communities we serve.

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"It demands a major step up in our supply chain to embrace innovation and team work, and in their ability to deliver value."

The following list sets out the selected contractors and lots:

Lot 1 – South West and Midlands - £200m – two partners: Geoffrey Osborne; and Griffiths/Farrans Joint Venture (Alun Griffiths (Construction) and Northstone (NI) Limited trading as Farrans Construction)

Lot 2 – South East and East - £350m - two partners: John Graham Construction Ltd; and Volker Fitzpatrick

Lot 3 – North West, North East, Yorkshire and Humber - £200m - two partners: Amey Sir Robert McAlpine Joint Venture (Amey OW and Sir Robert McAlpine); and North Midland Construction

Lot 4 – South West - £800m - two partners: Galliford Try Infrastructure; and Taylor Woodrow

Lot 5 – Midlands - £1,250m - two partners: BAM Nuttall; and Skanska Construction UK

Lot 6 – South East - £1,100m - two partners: BAM Nuttall; and Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering

Lot 7 – East - £2,800m - three partners: Costain; Galliford Try Infrastructure; and Skanska Construction UK

Lot 8 – North West, North East, Yorkshire and Humber - £2,000m - three partners: Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering; Costain; and Kier Highways.

(CM)