Downer EDI Limited announced it had been awarded a road maintenance contract by Victoria?s Department of Transport and Planning valued at an estimated $320 million over a maximum term of eight years. The contract begins in July 2024 for an initial four-year term, with the option for two two-year extensions. Under the contract, Downer will deliver routine maintenance, planned maintenance, defect inspections, hazard rectification and emergency response services to more than 1,600 lane kilometres of road and 1,900 structures in metropolitan Melbourne?s Western region.

This new contract is the expanded next generation of the maintenance contract that Downer has held for the past six years.