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September 2026

Highways

Marlborough's £150m Berkshire deal: a hiring signal in highways maintenance

West Berkshire Council has handed Marlborough Highways a seven-year, £150m maintenance contract, beating four bigger rivals to the deal. It is a reminder that steady term contracts, not headline-grabbing towers, are where highways careers get built right now.

What it means If you are in highways, term maintenance or local authority infrastructure, a seven-to-ten-year contract of this size is one of the more secure places to build a career right now, because the workload is contracted, not speculative.

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Highways

Balfour Beatty's £120m Leeds ring road deal locks in seven years of work

Leeds City Council has made Balfour Beatty sole contractor on a seven-year, £120m renewal of the city's inner ring road, covering 135 structures including bridges and tunnels. It's the kind of long-run commitment that's rare in local authority highways work.

What it means This is a genuine multi-year pipeline rather than a one-off scheme, which changes the calculation for anyone weighing up a move.

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August 2026

Highways

National Highways' £8bn maintenance reset opens roles to 2037

National Highways has launched the tender for its next roads maintenance framework, worth up to £8bn and running to 2037. It reshapes who holds the work and opens a long run of highways roles across England.

What it means Between now and 26 October, bid teams at every current area contractor will be under pressure: commercial managers, estimators and highways engineers building the case for each of the seven lots.

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