Balfour Beatty pips Kier JV to win £1.2bn Lower Thames Crossing job

By Daniel Gayne2023-01-23T10:43:00

Contractor to design and build roads north of river

Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £1.2 billion contract by National Highways for work on the proposed Lower Thames Crossing.

Britain’s biggest contractor overcame competition from Kier Eiffage, a joint venture between Kier Highways and Eiffage Genie Civil, to grab work on the £6.8bn crossing, which will become the UK’s longest road tunnel under the River Thames.

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