Trio bids for £130m Worcs roads deal

Contractors are in the hunt for a Worcestershire roads maintenance deal that could net the winner almost £130m-worth of work.
Carillion, Ringway and Colas are understood to be among those challenging Raynesway, the present incumbent, for the county council's project.
The challengers' submissions will be assessed on quality and cost, but not necessarily in that order of priority.
The scheme is valued at £15m a year and will initially run for four and a half years. But depending on how the victorious contractor performs over this period, there is an option to extend by a further period of four years.
The council expects to award the scheme next April, with work on site scheduled to start on 1 October 2005.