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| Amey announced preferred bidder for Birmingham highways PFI Birmingham City Council has announced Amey as the preferred bidder for its £2.7bn highways maintenance and management private finance initiative (PFI) contract. The contract, a substantial boost for the region, will increase employment and make a real difference to the local highway infrastructure. More than 300 jobs will be created in the city; with a further 300 staff likely to transfer from Birmingham City Council to work on the project with Amey following financial close of the contract. The contract will give Amey responsibility for improving and maintaining Birminghams highway infrastructure including 2,500 KM of road network, nearly 100,000 street lights, as well as over 850 highway structures and bridges across the city. Birmingham and the surrounding area is one of the most important road networks in the UK, providing essential transport links between some of the countrys largest industrial and metropolitan hubs and we are looking forward to improving the citys highway infrastructure for the benefit of all those who live, work and travel in it. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |