Aggregate Industries has won a £47 million road repair and maintenance contract across 3,000 miles of Leicester and Leicestershire roads. The five year deal will see the Leicestershire-based aggregates and building materials giant carry out vital work including digging up and levelling roads, shifting waste and laying and compacting new asphalt.
The deal with Leicestershire County Council and Leicester City Council will also include pothole repairs and carriageway patching, and will run from next month to July 2024 – with an option to extend the contract by up to four years.
Materials and delivery of the work will be supported by the company’s Leicestershire plants at Bardon Hill and Croft.
Jonathan Falls, Midlands area manager for the company’s Surfacing Solutions division, said: “This is fantastic news and a great recognition of the quality of our approach and service delivery for customers.
“This forms core business for our Midlands team. We’re really proud to be chosen to repair and maintain the roads of Leicester and Leicestershire, especially with it being right on our doorstep and having worked with both authorities as customers for well over 30 years.
“We will work collaboratively with both councils, with an important part of the contract delivery focusing on the need to help deliver low carbon solutions to support the city and county’s net-zero strategies.
“This is something that really resonates with Aggregate Industries and we’re pleased to be able to provide a circular approach by recycling planings from areas of carriageway we repair back into the network. Having big local sites at Bardon and Croft also means less journey time and less emissions.”
As part of our social value commitment under the contract agreement, Aggregate Industries will use low-carbon materials and draw up reports on its carbon use.
It will also dedicate volunteering hours to support Leicestershire community organisations and supporting young people’s access routes to work as well as providing educational opportunities to local schools/colleges to attend local Quarry and Technical Laboratory visits.
Councillor Ozzy O’Shea, Leicestershire County Council cabinet member for highways and transport, said: “This contract arrangement is a good fit for us, with the company’s head offices local to Leicestershire and they will also deliver carbon-reduction innovations which is a nod to our wider net zero pledge.”
Coun Adam Clarke, Leicester’s deputy city mayor for transport, clean air and climate emergency said: “The work carried out under this contract will be maintenance and repair schemes in local neighbourhoods, which are an important part of our ongoing investment in the city’s highways.”
