Balfour Beatty scoops £1.2bn Thames Crossing roads deal

Balfour Beatty has secured a £1.2bn contract to deliver the Roads North of the Thames’ package of works for the proposed Lower Thames Crossing.
The firm will be responsible for the design and delivery of over 10 miles of new highways, connecting the M25 at Junction 29 and the A13 with the proposed Lower Thames Crossing tunnel at Tilbury, Essex.
At construction peak, Balfour Beatty will directly employ a workforce of c.2,000 including around 150 apprenticeship, graduate and trainee po