Shortlist of three to build UK's Mersey toll bridge

The shortlist of three bidders for the €707 million (£600 million) plus Mersey Gateway Project in North West England as been revealed. The first bidder is the Balfour Beatty, Bouygues Travaux Publics, Egis Projects consortium. The second bidder is Merseylink consortium, comprising equity members Macquarie Capital Group, Bilfinger Berger Project Investments, Vialia Sociedad Gestora de Concesiones de Infraestructuras and FCC Construcción. Completing the bidding trio is MGL consortium, comprising equity membe
May 18, 2012 Read time: 1 min
Bidding is strong for the UK’s new Mersey Gateway Bridge project
RSSThe shortlist of three bidders for the €707 million (£600 million) plus Mersey Gateway Project in North West England as been revealed.

The first bidder is the 1146 Balfour Beatty, 979 Bouygues Travaux Publics, 2376 EGIS Projects consortium. The second bidder is Merseylink consortium, comprising equity members 2378 Macquarie Capital Group, 2516 Bilfinger and Berger Project Investments, Vialia Sociedad Gestora de Concesiones de Infraestructuras and 1340 FCC Construcción. Completing the bidding trio is MGL consortium, comprising equity members 3932 Galliford Try Investments, 981 Hochtief PPP Solutions, and 3933 Iridium Concesiones de Infraestructuras.

The three will now compete for a contract to design, build, finance and operate a new toll bridge over the River Mersey between Runcorn and Widnes and associated work in the towns. The shortlisted consortia were selected by Halton Borough Council from expressions of interest received from six groups in December 2011. The selection has been based on the published pre-qualification criteria where the shortlisted bidders were awarded the highest scores.

Highway & Network Management Road Structures

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Balfour Beatty join new UK Midlands Highways Alliance framework
    June 12, 2014
    Balfour Beatty has been appointed by the Midlands Highways Alliance, a collection of twenty UK local authorities, to the Midlands Highways Alliance Medium Schemes Framework Two (MSF2) which will deliver up to €322.87 million (£261 million) of transport infrastructure over the next three years. Under the framework, the company will deliver the construction of new transport infrastructure schemes such as bridges, roads and public transport schemes such as park and rides, bus stops and bus lanes. Balfour Bea
    Read More
  • Montreal’s Champlain Bridge superstructure deal signed with Canam-Bridge
    May 22, 2015
    Canada-based Canam-Bridge has been chosen to fabricate the superstructure for the Champlain bridge project in Montreal as well as to supply steel. Marc Dutil, chief executive of Canam, a specialist bridge superstructure fabricator, expects at least 45,000tonnes of steel will be required for the 3.4km bridge that will span the St. Lawrence River which leads to the Great Lakes of North America. The contract is expected to be completed after a formal deal is reached between the SNC-Lavalin consortium con
    Read More
  • Italy's construction equipment sales fall
    May 4, 2012
    Italy’s construction equipment manufacturer’s association says that 2010 was a tough year for its members. During 2010 equipment sales in Italy dropped 5.3% from 2009, itself a bad year. This data comes from a survey by research specialist Cribis D&B, which investigated the sector for Unacea. The Italian construction equipment manufacturers say that machine sales were worth some €2.3 million in the period, a drop of 47% compared to the peak year 2008. As regards the different sub-sectors, earthmoving machin
    Read More
  • Colombia: two proposals to build Santana-Mocoa-Neiva motorway
    May 7, 2015
    The Colombian Vice President, German Vargas Lleras, has announced that two proposals have been received to build the Santana-Mocoa-Neiva motorway. This road has a budget of US$627.22 million is one of the nine initiatives the National Infrastructure Agency (ANI) has included in the second wave of 4G motorway projects. The two companies interested in carrying out the work are Concesionaria Vias del Desarrollo 4 and Infraestructura Vial para Colombia. Concesionaria Vias del Desarrollo 4 consists of C
    Read More

Highlighted Content