Amey secures North East roads contract in Scotland

13 Apr 2022

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Amey has been named by Transport Scotland as the preferred bidder to take over its improved roads maintenance contracts in the North East.

The contract, worth up to an estimated £540m will begin on 16 August and run for eight years with a potential to extend for a further four years.

The maintenance work Amey teams will be covering includes:

• Implementation of an enhanced winter and incident response service
• Requirement to provide better journey reliability
• Enhanced communications
• Incorporate new technology for better management of trunk network assets and contracts, and for delivery of maintenance activities

A key part of this contract is delivering against a series for net zero targets.  These measures have been highlighted to lower carbon emissions on the trunk road network.

The targets include:

• Have at least 50per cent of their car and van fleet be ultra-low emission vehicles by 2025
• Install electric vehicle charge points at central offices and depots, with dedicated electric vehicle charging parking spaces and the signage to support the operation of ultra-low emission vehicles

Amey expects to complete contract signing by the end of the month (April).

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