M4/M5 upgrade list chosen

Geoffrey Osborne is the surprise inclusion in the line-up for a Highways Agency (HA) scheme with a potential value topping £70m.
The Sussex-based firm figures in the five-strong configuration for an improvement scheme on the M4 and M5 in south Gloucestershire and north Somerset.
East Anglian contractor May Gurney has also spread its wings a long way from its base to feature among the bidders for the scheme.
The other firms to pick up the tender paperwork have a more familiar ring - Balfour Beatty, Birse and Nuttall.
An industry observer said: "This is the first time Osborne has gone for a job of this value, although it already undertakes a lot of framework contracts for the HA."
He said: "The firm's turnover is increasing at around £20m a year and it is looking to get involved in larger schemes."
The firm that eventually turns up trumps for the early contractor involvement project will have to put in a bid strong on quality.
It is understood that the HA will mark the scheme
80:20 in favour of quality over price.
Initially the scheme is valued at £31m, but it could more than double that if other schemes are added, as the HA has indicated this could happen.
At present, the scheme involves constructing four climbing lanes totalling 14km adjacent to the M4 and M5.
The sites will be junctions 17 to 18A Hallen Hill, junctions 19 to 20 Naish Hill and at Tickenham Hill, all on the M5.
The M4 scheme will be at junction 18. The package could eventually take in further works worth £41m, but not yet in the roads programme.
These works include improvements at the Almondsbury Interchange - 9km of widening the M4 between junctions 19 and 20 and the M5 between junctions 16 and 17.
The five bidders have until 18 December to price the job.