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Egis Lagan wins major Irish road deal

Egis Lagan Services now has a new contract in Ireland for the provision of operation, maintenance and renewals services on 330km of motorways in Ireland. Egis Lagan Services is a joint venture company between the French company Egis and Northern Irish infrastructure company Lagan. The company has a five year contract with the National Roads Authority the Motorway Maintenance and Renewal Contract (MMaRC) in the south of Ireland (Area C). The project is for the routine operation and maintenance of the road ne
December 19, 2013 Read time: 2 mins
RSS2643 Egis Lagan Services now has a new contract in Ireland for the provision of operation, maintenance and renewals services on 330km of motorways in Ireland. Egis Lagan Services is a joint venture company between the French company Egis and Northern Irish infrastructure company 2340 Lagan. The company has a five year contract with the 5525 National Roads Authority the Motorway Maintenance and Renewal Contract (MMaRC) in the south of Ireland (Area C). The project is for the routine operation and maintenance of the road network and includes inspections, environmental maintenance, incident response, and winter maintenance core activities. It also includes liaising with the local authorities and the national Motorway Traffic Control Centre. In addition, repair works and discreet renewals schemes can be handled through the contract by the National Roads Authority. The five year term contract has an option to extend for a further two years.

The motorway area C comprises the M7 from Kildare to Portlaoise, the M8 from south of Portlaoise to Fermoy, and the M8 from south of Fermoy to the Dunkettle interchange in Cork, the N20, N22, N25 and N40 in the Cork City environs, a spur of the N24 in Tipperary, and the M9 motorway from Kilcullen to Waterford with a small section of the N10 to Kilkenny.

Operations will be run from four depots located along the route at Dunkettle in Cork, Cahir in Tipperaray, Portlaoise and Kilkenny. Each depot will be equipped with staff, vehicles, kit, equipment and materials to operate its section of the network and provide interaction with adjacent sections and stakeholders.

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