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Volker wins West Sussex core services deal

14/01/2025

VolkerHighways has won a core services maintenance contract with West Sussex County Council, set to begin on 1 April this year and last for seven years, with a possible extension of seven further years.

Gillingham's great wall saga comes to an end

12/11/2024

A long-running saga over a crumbling wall has been brought to an end and its safety risk, first identified in 2009, has finally been put to rest.

BANES council extends VolkerHighways deal

25/03/2024

Bath and North East Somerset Council (BANES) has extended its highways and street lighting maintenance contracts with VolkerHighways until 2029.

VolkerHighways wins £1m TM deal on A13

26/07/2023

VolkerHighways has secured a £1m one-year 'road and tunnel network incident support unit' contract for traffic management along part of the A13.

Volker cleans up in Bath with 'road-by-road' strategy

26/07/2023

VolkerHighways has fixed double the number of potholes in Bath and North East Somerset as during the whole of 2022, including using an ‘ultra eco-friendly’ thermal road repair system.

Luton invests to save with 'Project Pothole'

20/06/2023

Luton Borough Council is to ramp up spending on potholes as part of what it described as its 'most ambitious programme of highway works', with a strong emphasis on prevention.

Volker wins £5m Oxon LED replacement deal

31/01/2023

VolkerHighways has started work on awarded a Traffic Route LED and Column Replacement contract with Oxfordshire County Council worth £5m.

Bath keeps it thermal with ‘eco-friendly’ repairs

07/09/2022

VolkerHighways and Bath and North East Somerset (BANES) Council have invested in an ‘ultra eco-friendly’ thermal road repair system.

Volker takes Bath streets back to the past

18/08/2022

VolkerHighways has carried out public realm improvement works on two historic streets in the centre of Bath, resurfacing the carriageways and footways with high-quality natural stone.

Levelling up Tin Pan Alley

11/07/2022

VolkerHighways recently completed what it called a ‘challenging’ resurfacing project in Central London.

Volker 'to halve carbon' on resurfacing job

05/07/2022

VolkerHighways has said it is using a carbon-saving alternative to traditional resurfacing methods for the first time on a project in Somerset.

West Berks highways get a shot in the arm

28/06/2022

VolkerHighways has used WJ Group’s retexturing expertise to raise skid resistance levels across a local council’s area through an innovative shot blast surface retexturing system, while cutting the carbon emissions needed.

Infrared technology to help make repairs more sustainable

12/01/2022

VolkerHighways and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead have trialled the use of 'infrared technology' for repairing defects in pavements and roads.

VolkerHighways goes new school with £3m road improvements

07/10/2020

VolkerHighways has begun a £3m package of improvements works along the A339 in Newbury, West Berkshire.

Medway hands Volker £9m LED lighting deal

28/08/2020

VolkerHighways has been awarded a street lighting contract with Medway Council, worth over £9m, that will see thousands of energy efficient lights installed.

VolkerHighways wins £1m LEDs contract with Dover

20/11/2019

VolkerHighways has been awarded a street lighting contract with Dover District Council, worth around £1m.

Volker wins in Wokingham

04/10/2018

Wokingham Borough Council has awarded a maintenance and construction contract to VolkerHighways worth £68m for the first seven years.

JV leaves London’s maintenance framework after drop in work

06/03/2018

Transport for London's (TfL) road maintenance framework - the London Highways Alliance Contract (LoHAC) - has run into further trouble after a key joint venture pulled out.

Volker wins Luton highways maintenance deal

25/01/2017

Luton Borough Council has awarded a highway maintenance contract that could be worth £200 million over 15 years to VolkerHighways.

Volker wins £45m contract with Medway Council

22/11/2016

VolkerHighways has landed a new highways maintenance contract with Medway Council, worth approximately £9 million a year.

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