Kier Group gets three-year extensions to Highways England contracts

The FTSE 250 firm said the contracts provided routine highway maintenance services, repairs to defects, emergency incident response services and severe weather services on the Highways England road network.

At Area 3, the contract covered major roads in Hampshire, Berkshire, parts of Surrey, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Dorset.

Kier had held the contract since 2008, and it was extended to October 2021.

Over in Area 9, the contract covered major roads in Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire and Shropshire as well as parts of Gloucestershire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire.

Kier said it had held the contract since 2014, and it had been extended to June 2022.

It also said Area 9 is the largest area within the Highways England network.

The board said the extensions would allow Highways England to deliver a phased roll-out of its full asset delivery model, which it previously said it was committed to implementing across its entire network.

“These extensions reflect the group's market leading position in the highways maintenance sector and the successful work our teams have undertaken on behalf of Highways England over a number of years,” said Kier Group chief executive officer Haydn Mursell.

“We are delighted to be continuing to collaborate with Highways England and our supply chain to provide a high-quality service to the public.”