Balfour Beatty Living Places is set to deliver works on highways across Warwickshire until Spring 2025 after the firm landed a major contract extension.

The company has been awarded a £34 million, one-year extension, as it continues to work with Coventry City Council, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council and Warwickshire County Council to maintain the highways. These include winter maintenance works and installation of new energy efficient street lighting in Warwickshire.

This marks the second extension on the original seven-year contract.

Balfour Beatty Living Places Managing Director, Steve Helliwell, said: "We have significant expertise and experience in delivering highways maintenance schemes with this second contract extension testament to the quality of the works, added value and innovative approaches we deliver for local authorities across the UK.

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"We look forward to continuing our close working relationship with the three Councils over the next 12 months, to benefit the local community and travelling public for years to come."

Warwickshire County Councillor Jeff Clarke, Portfolio Holder for Transport and Planning, added: "Warwickshire County Council wants communities to be supported by excellent transport infrastructure and the highway network is one of the council's most valuable assets, so it is vital that it is efficiently maintained. This extension of our contract with Balfour Beatty Living Places will help us to continue our successful and long-term partnership with them and enable us to carry on delivering innovation and added value to our highway maintenance works.

"Balfour Beatty Living Places, through excellent performance, have achieved all of their Key Performance Indicators, so we have granted this new extension to them to continue managing our highway services to the usual high standards expected by our residents. This contract will continue to be used by Warwickshire County Council to deliver all of its highway maintenance requirements."