Halfway celebrations for 4G
It has been a successful, yet challenging third year of the 4th Generation (4G) Contract for Scotland TranServ, as detailed in our Annual Report 2015/16 published today (1 June 2016).
As we move into year four of the contract, we celebrate passing the halfway mark for the initial Contract which will span five years. There is also potential to extend for a further five years beyond this.
Our employees are now fully integrated into our business, bringing years of skills, knowledge and talent necessary to run a successful, innovative trunk road maintenance and management company. Through the support of our parent organisations Balfour Beatty and Mouchel and that of our client Transport Scotland, we have made significant progress in managing and improving more than 630km of trunk roads network across South West Scotland.
The highlights of 2015/16, as detailed in this years’ Report include the following:
- Investing approximately £37m on behalf of Transport Scotland to improve the quality of south west Scotland’s trunk roads network, delivering tangible benefits to road users.
- Our Trunk Road Incident Support Service (TRISS) teams attended more than 7,000 incidents in the last year alone, supporting Police Scotland and enabling officers to return to their core duties.
- We remained committed to corporate sustainability and in 2015/16, 6% of waste from our construction activities was diverted from landfill.
- By commencing a programme of the installation of sustainable LED lighting and replacing 24 high masts across the M8, A75 and A737 we achieved over 60% in overall energy savings for our client.
- We launched a campaign across south west Scotland to ask road users to ‘Drive your litter home’ resulting in a 24% reduction in the amount of litter collected in 2015/16.
Our business operates on a 24/7 basis, supporting the public through our TRISS and Incident Response teams. We provide the reassurance to the public that the trunk roads remain snow and ice free over the winter period, through our Winter Service teams.
Andy Fraser, Scotland TranServ’s operating company representative said:
“Our business has focused on continuous improvement and managing and maintaining south west Scotland’s roads to a high standard, ensuring that some of the country’s most vital arteries are fit for the future.
“Our aim is to deliver a lasting legacy of infrastructure that will benefit road users and local communities for years to come, whilst finding new and innovative practices that will enable us to improve year upon year the service that we deliver on behalf of our client.”
Looking forward to 2016/17, Scotland TranServ will look to continue this pace of change, delivering an ever improving service to the motoring public and ensuring our trunk roads network is capable of supporting the needs of south west Scotland.
For further information please contact:
Scotland TranServ Press Office (24/7, 365 days per year): 0141 218 3838.
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