New contractor to take care of Central Beds' roads from next spring

A new contractor will be taking care of Central Bedfordshire’s highways from spring 2023.

The partnership with Milestone Infrastructure will involve maintaining and improving roads, pavements, rights of way, drainage, bridges and other structures. In addition, the project team will also provide design, traffic management, winter services, street lighting services and emergency response services such as handling flooding and removing fallen trees.

Matthew Riches, operations director at Milestone Infrastructure, said: “Ultimately, our goal is to deliver safer, greener highways for Central Bedfordshire while making a positive difference to the local communities.”

The contract – which is up to £250million – has an initial term of seven years plus the option of three year extension. Milestone Infrastructure will take over from Ringway Jacobs whose contract ends on March 31.

Ringway Jacobs featured in the news when it was revealed the company had appointed a sub contractor which had "abandoned" footpath repairs "Mary Celeste-style". CBC and Ringway Jacobs both apologised.