Balfour Beatty Living Places today announces that it has been awarded a £60 million five-year highways maintenance contract by Southampton City Council.
The contract, awarded through the SCAPE framework, builds on the current 15-year contract which ended in September 2025, extending the award-winning partnership until September 2030.
The contract will see Balfour Beatty Living Places continue to deliver reactive and proactive highways maintenance services including highway improvements and winter services as well as refurbishment works to the Itchen Bridge and Above Bar Street, to support the Council’s Connected Southampton 2040 vision.
In addition, Balfour Beatty Living Places will trial an e-cargo bike for highways inspections, to reduce carbon emissions as part of its Building New Futures sustainability strategy and the Council’s commitment to greening the City.
This latest contract award follows a history of successful and collaborative working with the local authority; maintaining 594 kilometres of road, constructing the Southampton Cycle Network, delivering the UK’s first hydroponic living wall on a highways junction and integration of responsibility for the management of ‘Citywatch’ - the city-wide 24/7 CCTV public safety and traffic monitoring control hub.
Steve Helliwell, Managing Director of Balfour Beatty Living Places said: “We’re proud to have been selected to deliver this new five-year highway maintenance contract, marking the next chapter in our enduring partnership.
"This award reflects our proven track record and shared ambition to build a greener, better-connected city through innovation and excellence in service delivery, leaving a positive and lasting legacy across the communities we serve.”
A spokesperson for Southampton City Council, said: “The council is delighted to be entering into a new contract with a trusted supplier, developing the excellent partnership we have with Balfour Beatty Living Places and benefitting from the vast highways and technical know-how they bring.
“This new contract secures best value for local people when it comes to delivering highway maintenance and place making schemes, and fantastic social value benefits ranging from education and employment opportunities to local spending and volunteering.”
The contract commences on 01 October 2025 and at peak, will employ a workforce of c.115, including six apprenticeship positions.
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Notes to editors:
- Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group with 27,000 employees driving the delivery of powerful new solutions, shaping thinking, creating skylines and inspiring a new generation of talent to be the change-makers of tomorrow.
- We finance, develop, build, maintain and operate the increasingly complex and critical infrastructure that supports national economies and deliver projects at the heart of local communities.
- Over the last 117 years we have created iconic buildings and infrastructure all over the world. Currently, we are working to deliver Hinkley Point C, the first UK nuclear power station in a generation; constructing the world-class arts and cultural facility, the Lyric Theatre, in Hong Kong; and designing, building, financing, operating and maintaining the Automated People Mover superstructure at the fifth busiest airport in the world, Los Angeles International Airport.
- Balfour Beatty Living Places works in long-term partnerships with local authorities to create great places to live, work and play. We actively engage with local people to understand the need of the communities we work in and shape the places where local economies can thrive and grow. As a leader in sustainable working, diversity and social value, we use our expertise to bring real, positive change for our customers.
Image: Ongoing highways maintenance works in Southampton
