A-one+, Halcrow’s joint venture with Colas and Costain, has secured the managing agent contractor (MAC) contract for the Highways Agency’s Area 7.

The five-year project – with an overall estimated value of approximately £300m – is due to commence on 1 July 2009. As the Managing Agent Contractor, A-one+ will plan, design and carry out routine maintenance and all capital maintenance schemes up to a value of £500,000 in Area 7. It will also design and supervise motorway and trunk road improvement and renewal projects up to £8 million in value.

Covering Highways Agency roads in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland, Area 7 includes stretches of the M1, M69 and M6 motorways as well as key trunk roads for the region, namely the A1, A14, and A46.