A strong performance at the highways division helped May Gurney boost turnover and profits for the last financial year.Total revenue for the year to March 31 2012 was up 22% to £695.3m while pre-tax profit rose 17% to £28.4m as margins held steady at 4.3%.Highways was among the strongest divisions as May Gurney now runs maintenance services for 20 local authorities covering 35,000 kms of road.The firm said: "As expected, the maintenance-focused activities provided by May Gurney have proved resilient in the face of a reduction in overall local authority highways spending, while capital projects - to which May Gurney is not exposed - have suffered a significant reduction in activity."Although we expect this trend to continue, the business is well positioned to react appropriately in the event of changes in our target markets."Highway Services has delivered a good performance during the year, underpinned by its essential maintenance-based income streams, primarily driven by an increase in highways maintenance on the back of extra Government funding, a higher than anticipated additional spend by local authority clients and our clients' need to maintain existing assets due to reduced availability of capital."