Ringway wins Highways England southwest maintenance-response deal

Ringway, part of Eurovia UK, won the Highways England southwest area Maintenance and response contract. The 15-year term starts 1 July and is worth between nearly €18-35 million a year. Ringway will be responsible for maintenance of 1,695km of strategic road network within the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire. This includes all cyclic maintenance, reactive maintenance, incident response, severe weather response and associated traffic management. “This is
April 12, 2017 Read time: 2 mins
2393 Ringway, part of 3281 Eurovia UK, won the 8100 Highways England southwest area Maintenance and response contract.

The 15-year term starts 1 July and is worth between nearly €18-35 million a year.

Ringway will be responsible for maintenance of 1,695km of strategic road network within the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire. This includes all cyclic maintenance, reactive maintenance, incident response, severe weather response and associated traffic management.

“This is a major step forward towards our aim of becoming a significant and strategic supplier to Highways England as they continue to roll out their new Asset Delivery procurement model,” said Scott Wardrop, Ringway chief executive.

Eurovia UK is also the parent company of Ringway Infrastructure Services for operating, managing and maintaining long-term local authority highway contracts, as well as Eurovia Infrastructure for road contracting, specialist surfacing contracting and asphalt production businesses.

Eurovia UK is a wholly owned subsidiary of Eurovia SAS, itself part of the 2498 Vinci Group.
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