Amey is responsible for improving and maintaining Birmingham Highways infrastructure, including 2,500km of road network, nearly 100,000 street lights, as well as over 850 highway structures and bridges across the city.
By working in partnership with Birmingham City Council, Amey will be delivering a step change of improvements to the city’s highways network over the first five years (2010-2015) to remove any backlog of work and increase standards.
The contract has a 25 year service delivery period which includes the improvement and repair of roads in Birmingham, maintenance of footways, bridges, street lighting and traffic signals as well as the upkeep of street scenery such as safety barriers, seats and trees.
Amey will maintain the infrastructure at this improved standard for a further 20 years.
We will also be working closely with Birmingham City Council’s Highways service to reduce congestion and improve safety. We will support the council’s overall traffic management strategy for the city’s road network.
If you need to report a street fault or require any information on a highways issue, please contact:
www.birmingham.gov.uk/highways
or call 0121 303 6644.
Q&As
What is a PFI?
PFI stands for Private Finance Initiative when private and public sectors come together to deliver public services. The council defines what work it wants carried out and the service provider, in this case Amey, determines how that service is provided and financed. The council receives PFI credits from the Government and Amey raises private funds to deliver the improvements required. This £2.7bn highways maintenance and management PFI is the biggest local government highways sector PFI in the UK and has attracted over £600 million from the Treasury.
What are the benefits of a PFI?
Birmingham relies on an efficient transport system to move people, goods and services. The transport network needs to meet the increasing demands and in its current condition, it cannot deliver this. A major cash injection is required.
The council knows exactly how much will be spent, when it will be spent and how it will be spent.
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