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Race starts for fresh £155m A9 dualling deal
Contractors are being hunted for a £155m road-dualling mission in Scotland.
Transport Scotland has formally marketed the job to work on the A9 between Tay Crossing and Ballinluig.
The 8.2km part of street in central Scotland is being upgraded to a twin carriageway as a part of a wider programme to enhance the A9 between Perth and Inverness.
The most recent deal includes the design, building, completion and upkeep of the advance mission, which is able to happen near quite a lot of designated environmental websites.
In addition to widening the prevailing A9 single carriageway on this location, the scheme will entail the development of seven ‘left-in, left-out’ junctions, a roundabout, entry roads to rural properties and two bridges.
Sideroads will probably be upgraded, and present buildings akin to culverts and sustainable drainage methods will probably be changed or improved.
Different duties underneath the contract embody the availability of visitors administration, earthworks, retaining partitions, service diversions, landscaping and environmental mitigation.
The settlement will embody a five-year interval of upkeep and panorama institution after completion of the primary works and planting intervals respectively.
Contractors have till 5 July to enter the competition for the job, with three corporations anticipated to be shortlisted in mid-August.
The deal will ultimately be awarded after an evaluation of tenders based mostly equally on price and high quality.
The UK arm of Madrid-based civils large Sacyr was final 12 months shortlisted alongside Graham and Balfour Beatty for a special, £150m part of the A9 programme.
That procurement train had beforehand been deserted after the consumer solely obtained one bid, which was deemed too costly. The winner of the revised contest is anticipated to be introduced quickly.
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