Turner & Townsend picks up services deal for Stonehenge in the UK

Professional services company Turner & Townsend has been appointed to provide commercial services for two major Highways England programmes, including its flagship A303 Stonehenge scheme. The A303 upgrade includes plans to build a road tunnel near Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument in western England believed to have been built around 3,100 BC. The road project is part of a series of planned upgrades to A303/A358 corridor to improve connectivity between the south east and south west of England. The
April 6, 2018 Read time: 2 mins
Unhinged around Stonehenge: Cars congested on England’s A303

Professional services company 8731 Turner & Townsend has been appointed to provide commercial services for two major Highways England programmes, including its flagship A303 Stonehenge scheme.
 
The A303 upgrade includes plans to build a road tunnel near Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument in western England believed to have been built around 3,100 BC. The road project is part of a series of planned upgrades to A303/A358 corridor to improve connectivity between the south east and south west of England.
 
The three-year contract will see Turner & Townsend provide commercial services including estimating, benchmarking performance, commercial reporting and cost management in the period leading up to construction.  The project is undergoing consultation for a preferred route.
 
The consultant has also been appointed to deliver the next phase of two Highways England smart motorway upgrades. Turner &Townsend is providing commercial and programme management for improvements to the M6 between junctions 21a and 26 and M62 between junctions 10 and 12. 
 
Smart motorways increase capacity and reduce congestion by making the hard shoulder available as a traffic lane and by using variable speed limits to smooth traffic flow, supporting economic growth. Work includes an extensive upgrade to the drainage system as well as new emergency areas between junctions. There will be a new ducting system for power and fibre cables and work to overhead signs to provide electronic signs for CCTV and driver information systems.

Road Structures

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Major capacity upgrade for key junction on UK’s M25 route
    December 18, 2014
    Balfour Beatty and Skanska will carry out a major motorway junction upgrade project worth €69.7 million (£55 million) in the UK. The two companies will operate on the project in a 50:50 joint venture to upgrade junction 30 of the M25 gyratory motorway around capital London. The deal was awarded by the UK’s Highways Agency. This joint venture, Balfour Beatty Skanska, is a construction partner to Connect Plus, the company responsible for managing and upgrading the M25 network. Balfour Beatty Skanska has alrea
    Read More
  • Developments in tolling technology
    February 27, 2012
    Jason Barnes reviews the last few decades and the future of tolling technology. Tolling and charging technology has evolved significantly over the last three decades and that evolution is perhaps best illustrated by reductions in or complete removal of impedances to physical progress. Once, it was customary for a driver to pull up to a barrier, make some form of cash payment to a human operative in a booth, and then wait for the barrier to be raised before proceeding. Humans were eventually complemented and
    Read More
  • TWM wins signage deal in the UK's Wirral
    March 1, 2021
    TWM Traffic Control Systems will supply and install all electronic vehicle-activated signage in England’s Wirral Borough.
    Read More
  • AtkinsRéalis wins Île d’Orléans Bridge work
    May 2, 2024
    VIDEO: The new US$1.96 billion replacement Île d’Orléans Bridge near Quebec city, Canada, will feature two wider lanes of traffic, shoulders, multi-use lanes for pedestrians and cyclists as well as redevelopment of a major interchange and creation of green spaces.
    Read More

Highlighted Content