Birse bags £28m A14 Suffolk roads scheme

Birse has held off its only remaining rival to emerge triumphant from the battle for a £28m Highways Agency deal in Suffolk.
Sources say that the contractor has prevailed over local contractor Jackson for the A14 Haughley New Street to Stowmarket improvement.
Provided the statutory procedures go according to plan on the early contractor involvement scheme, work on site is expected to kick off in summer 2007. The construction period is expected to last for two years.
The scheme involves 4km of dual carriageway upgrading, plus a grade separated interchange and linking side roads.
May Gurney, Morrison and Costain also pitched for the deal.