Galliford Try awarded contract to support M5 Junction 10 Improvements Scheme

Gloucestershire County Council has appointed construction group Galliford Try to further progress the M5 Junction 10 Improvements Scheme ahead of submitting their Development Consent Order (DCO) application to the Planning Inspectorate.

Galliford Try will work alongside the council to support them with their planning application, while also ensuring the scheme delivers best value for money and is achieved within budget and on time.

The firm will work alongside the council’s consultants Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, to continue ongoing engagement with key stakeholders in shaping the scheme design.

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The scheme is being funded through the council’s successful bid to UK Government’s Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF), administered by Homes England, for £249m.

If approved, the transformative infrastructure project will see the addition of a new slip road onto the M5 southbound and a new slip road off the M5 northbound, to create an all-movements signalised junction.

The new junction will provide access in all directions, unlocking housing and employment opportunities at sites proposed for development including west and north-west Cheltenham. The scheme also includes a new link road connecting the A4019 to the B4634 in west Cheltenham and widening of the A4019 Tewkesbury Road.

Cllr David Gray, Cabinet Member for Environment and Planning, said: “We are delighted to award the design contract to Galliford Try. We are confident that their expertise and experience will ensure the successful delivery of this crucial element of the project.

"Their approach to health and safety, programme, carbon and social value aspirations demonstrates a strong alignment to the council’s own values and behaviours.”

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David Lowery, Managing Director of Galliford Try’s Highways Business, commented: “We are delighted and honoured to deliver this significantly important major infrastructure project.

"This is a great opportunity to work with Gloucestershire County Council, a customer that is passionate about tackling the climate challenge head on, as well as creating enhanced connectivity between communities, a passion we are very much aligned too.

"This opportunity truly plays to our strengths to work collaboratively in integrated project teams to drive value early in the process and ensure the project delivers on its strategic outcomes.”