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Wigan Council has retendered a £14m road scheme that was initially awarded to Galliford Try in June 2015.


The council has put the A49 Goose Green to Westwood Park link road back out to tender, with the deal expected to be worth £14m.

Galliford Try was awarded the contract in June 2015 but Bob Gibbon, managing director of the contractor’s highways business unit, said the two parties parted ways “amicably”.

“We were awarded the initial design contract for the A49 link road in Wigan [in June 2015],” he said.

“Unfortunately, however, we have been unable to negotiate a subsequent construction contract that meets the requirements of Wigan Council and ourselves, so have amicably agreed not to take our involvement in the scheme any further.”

Courtesy of today's Construction News