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Four eye Devon roads
17:03 24 Mar 2004
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Four contractors are on the starting grid for a £30m roads
project in north Devon.
The county council has lined up Costain, Hochtief, Balfour Beatty and Nuttall to tackle the Barnstaple Western Bypass.
A council source said: "Seven firms applied for the project. We met them all and it was generally agreed to ask only four to price it because of the expense involved in bidding for design and construct schemes."
It is understood that a member of Friends of the Earth has now applied to the Court of Appeal in an effort to overturn the government's decision to approve the project.
But a council spokesman said: "We're not really expecting any problems and the road programme is going according to plan."
The council will award the contract in December, with work on site expected to start in April 2004 and run for 30 months.
The job includes 4.7km of new and realigned highway, four major junctions, a five-span bridge over the River Taw, plus extensive drainage and earthworks.
The county council has lined up Costain, Hochtief, Balfour Beatty and Nuttall to tackle the Barnstaple Western Bypass.
A council source said: "Seven firms applied for the project. We met them all and it was generally agreed to ask only four to price it because of the expense involved in bidding for design and construct schemes."
It is understood that a member of Friends of the Earth has now applied to the Court of Appeal in an effort to overturn the government's decision to approve the project.
But a council spokesman said: "We're not really expecting any problems and the road programme is going according to plan."
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The council will award the contract in December, with work on site expected to start in April 2004 and run for 30 months.
The job includes 4.7km of new and realigned highway, four major junctions, a five-span bridge over the River Taw, plus extensive drainage and earthworks.
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