The 8-year contract will start on April 1, 2013.

The contractcomprises:

  • Improvement and maintenance works including roads, pavements, kerbs, footways and paved areas, traffic signs, street lighting, road markings, fencing, road restraint systems, drainage, earthworks, horticulture, landscaping and ecology, bridges and other structures, street furniture,
  • Highway services including winter maintenance, emergency call-outs, civil engineering work associated with traffic lights, horticulture, landscaping and ecology, street cleansing (street sweeping and litter picking), gully cleaning,
  • Professional Services includingasset safety and service inspections,inspections of bridges and other structures,design services for design and build scheme work including site investigations andsurveys.

The total value of the base contract is estimated at