Midlands Highways Alliance: collaborating to save £11 million in maintenance costs by 2011

Working under the East Midlands Improvement and Efficiency Partnership, the Midlands Highways Alliance will save the region £11 million across highways maintenance and improvements by 2011. Supported by Constructing Excellence, the nine councils in the region and Highways Agency have been making efficiency savings through procurement frameworks for major and medium sized highways schemes and professional civil engineering services, sharing best practice in maintenance contracts and by the joint procurement of commodities such as salt.

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