Costain has been selected to deliver the next generation of road upgrades as part of the Eastern Highways Alliance (EHA) Framework, EHF4.

The Framework covers a range of civil engineering and construction works across the EHA road network, including highways improvements such as road surfacing and asset management, and infrastructure works involving bridges, subways and cycle lanes.

Costain has been awarded a place on lot 3 of the Framework, which covers schemes worth more than £30m. The overall Framework is worth a total of £800m over a minimum of four years, with an option to extend by two years.

The EHA is a collaboration between 11 local authorities in the East of England and managed by Central Bedfordshire Council. It covers an area of over 7,000 square miles and approximately 23,000 miles of road network, and serves more than five million residents across Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Kent, Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

This is the first time it has been awarded a place on a multi-local authority schemes framework. Costain is a long-term partner to National Highways and earlier this year it completed the construction of 41 emergency areas on the M1 ahead of schedule. Costain is also providing specialist technical engineering advice to National Highways under its Specialist Professional and Technical Services Framework (SPaTS3).

Andy Denman, road sector director at Costain, commented: 

“Being selected by the Eastern Highways Alliance expands our portfolio of projects and partners in the roads sector. It is testament to our strong track record in shaping, creating and delivering best-in-class infrastructure solutions for our customers.

“We will be focused on establishing a strong working relationship with the Alliance that will allow us to deliver critical upgrades for a more resilient road network and drive regional mobility and prosperity for millions of people.”

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