Surrey County Council has awarded Atkins a highways and infrastructure professional service contract worth more than £40m over five years.

The firm, which has offices in Epsom, Surrey, has been appointed to develop and lead maintenance and improvement works across the council's 3,000-mile network, as part of a major investment programme.

Under the terms of the deal, which includes the option of a further four years, Atkins will deliver asset management design for single carriageways, dual carriageways, and local roads, as well as associated infrastructure such as bridges, embankments, street lighting and drainage systems.

Simon Moon, regional client director for local transport at Atkins, said: ‘This is a significant contract and one which will demand an innovative and flexible approach as we look to meet the changing needs of Surrey's road users while ensuring on time and to-budget project delivery.

‘We now look forward to working with Surrey County Council, and their key partners to deliver customer-first and future-focused solutions to support the local transport network, with a shared focus on value for money and long-term social value that benefits the local community.'

Kevin Deanus, cabinet member for highways and community resilience, said: ‘We look forward to building upon our relationship with Atkins to provide the residents and businesses of Surrey with future ready, fit-for -purpose highway infrastructure.'

The award is the second contract of this type that Atkins has won recently. Last week it was announced that Buckinghamshire Council awarded the firm a contract worth around £36m to provide design and professional services for the county's highways.

Services to be provided under Atkins' Surrey contract include:

  • major project delivery
  • placemaking and urban design
  • highway improvements and asset management
  • multidisciplinary consultancy to support major projects
  • structural and geotechnical engineering
  • environmental and ecological consultancy
  • drainage and flooding assessments and improvements
  • parking and traffic schemes
  • project and programme management

Last year, Surrey awarded Ringway a highways term maintenance contract understood to be worth up to £2.5bn.