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New alliance gets down to business
The new West Sussex Highways alliance was officially launched by the
partners - West Sussex County Council, May Gurney and Owen Williams - on 3
July.
As a result of the new alliance, the way in which 2,500 miles of roads and
2,591 miles of pavements in West Sussex are improved and maintained has
undergone a major change. The aim is to give the public an even better
service in the way that highway works are co-ordinated, planned and carried
out.
Residents will also recognise alliance schemes at a glance thanks to the West
Sussex Highways branding, which will appear on vehicles, road works signing,
and protective clothing worn by operatives.
May Gurney will act as lead contractor for a wide range of services
ranging from operating the gritters in the winter, to routine repairs,
surfacing, white lining, gully emptying, and cutting back trees and hedges
that obscure visibility.
It will also work with a number of locally based contractors, bringing them
into the alliance as supply chain partners to help with the delivery of
these services.
May Gurney will also carry out improvement projects up to the value of
£500,000.
The contract does not include street lighting, grass cutting or traffic
signal work, which will continue to be carried out by a mix of the council's
own staff and other contractors. However, this work will be co-ordinated
through West Sussex Highways to reduce disruption to traffic.
The key aims of the alliance are value for money, efficiency gains, improved
customer satisfaction and helping to deliver key objectives in the new 10
year West Sussex Transport Plan.
Some parts of the new contract are performance based. For example, bonuses
will be awarded when targets are exceeded and, on the other hand, if targets are
not achieved then penalty measures will be imposed.
Lieutenant Colonel Tex Pemberton, West Sussex County Council Cabinet Member
for Highways and Transport, said: "For people who use our roads this new
alliance will mean better information about works that are being planned,
increased certainty about when they will finish, and improved satisfaction
with the way work is carried out.
"We will be able to monitor how well the alliance is performing by using
comment cards to get feedback from residents in areas where some schemes are
being carried out."
Peter Batts, Managing Director of May Gurney Highway Services, said: "We are
very much looking forward to working with West Sussex County Council, who
are recognised as one of the leaders in the field of highway maintenance.
"We share many of the council's values, including our belief in the benefits
that a long-term relationship will bring to local people, and the importance
of providing excellent customer service.
"This alliance consolidates May Gurney's position as one of the leaders in
the provision of highways maintenance services to county councils in the
UK."
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May Gurney's stated goal of 'Being the best' construction and support services company is accelerating its progress in working with customers to develop more sustainable ways of doing business.
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