Further £5m investment confirmed for Southend’s roads and pavements

July 6, 2021

Further £5m investment confirmed for Southend’s roads and pavements

  • By Marlborough Highways

A further £5m is being invested into the Southend-on-Sea Borough Council’s roads and pavements this year, taking the total to £10m in 2021/22.

As the council’s highways term contractor, Marlborough Highways will carry out the additional £5m programme of works between October 2021 and March 2022 with a further 24 roads and 45 pavements due to be resurfaced. This is on top of the £5m investment announced in March, which is seeing 30 roads and 31 pavements resurfaced this year.

The areas have gone through a strict process which considers a number of issues including road condition, bus routes, key routes, claims made, incidents, and flood risk.

A full list of the 24 roads and 45 pavements set to be resurfaced can be found on the council’s website: Highways Investment Programme – Phase 2

Cllr Ron Woodley, cabinet member for transport, asset management and inward investment, said: “This administration promised to deliver £10m investment into our highways and pavements each year for the next five financial years, and I am delighted to announce that we are meeting that figure for the first financial year.

“This capital investment means we will have repaired and resurfaced 54 roads and 76 pavements this year alone, making a significant difference to the Borough’s roads and pavements and a real step-change compared to previous years of under-investment.

“This investment does not include additional grant money we apply for each year, for example the £15m bid we have submitted for junction improvements through the Levelling up Fund, which also shows how serious we are about investing in our roads and continuing to improve junctions where we can.

“I would like to thank our highways team for working hard to enable us to make this huge level of investment into the Borough’s roads and pavements. There may be some slight disruption due to the nature of the works, but Marlborough staff will work to ensure this is kept to a minimum.”

Joe Revell, Marlborough Highways Director, said: “We are delighted to be part of such an ambitious project and are looking forward to the transformative change this investment will bring to the Borough. As a local company, we understand the needs of Southend-on-Sea and will work hard to deliver a high-quality project with minimum disruption, to the benefit of the local communities.”

 

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“One of the things I value most is their very collaborative and transparent team culture. It makes a big difference to have a contractor that wants to work closely with us and is supportive and responsive. With Marlborough, I get a team who are attentive, work collaboratively and honestly with me and don’t lose focus on delivering first class communications and compliance.”
Carly Norris, Project Manager Operations, Hackney Council
“From the design stage, Marlborough has been fundamental in delivering the Broad Lane Square improvements scheme. During the works, not only did the team manage to keep to the programme, but they went the extra mile to ensure attention to detail and came up with innovative solutions to address issues encountered on site. My thanks on behalf of Haringey goes out to Marlborough for their dedication to deliver.”
Dana Rasheed, Project Manager, Haringey Council
“Working alongside our Term Service Contractor Marlborough Highways, we successfully completed renovations to the Crowstone Footbridge. The designs were provided by Marlborough, and the work was unique. The scheme was completed to budget and ahead of its programme duration.”
Neil Handley, Senior Engineer, Southend-on-Sea City Council
“I would like to thank you and your team for your efforts, the Marlborough crews were professional, courteous, and hard working all day and ensured the event went without a hitch. You and the team were a credit to the company, demonstrating commitment and support to the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.”
Nick Davies, Specialist Services Manager, Barking and Dagenham Council
“I just wanted to say what a pleasure it has been to work with Marlborough Highways over the last six months. The quality of work is superb, and there has been some excellent collaboration between Milestone and Marlborough to complete, what at times, has been quite a challenging scheme. I hope to work with Marlborough on another project in the near future.”
Colin Hill, Schemes Manager, Milestone Infrastructure
“Marlborough worked with us in constructing a 1.3km cycle track. There were a number of technical difficulties to overcome, and their gifted foreman worked to propose some innovative solutions to the challenges we faced. The result is a facility that the locals are proud of, providing walkers and cyclists with alternative access to the hospital and nearby school. The scheme was a lot of hard work, but well worth it.”
Rob Venables, NEC Project Manager, Essex County Council
“Marlborough attracts people who take care and have pride in their work. Several gangs of Operatives worked tirelessly for six months to reconstruct drainage networks, lay more than 3km of high quality bespoke granite kerbs and granite channels blocks to ensure positive drainage. The technical compliance, attention to detail and level of quality finish along the entire carriageway was exceptional”.
Mark Chiverrell, Technical Director, Project Centre
“We saw huge benefits in appointing Marlborough as our full service contractor and we’re impressed – they’ve delivered consistent high quality service and superior quality control across every project. Marlborough, provide us with a ‘one-stop’ shop solution – we get the same quality of service and better control across all aspects of the project.”
Darren Bryant, Principal Engineer, Enfield Council

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