Tue, Mar 22, 2016 5:22 PM
The first superspan gantry is installed over the M25 near Junction 24 as part of the £188 million Managed Motorway scheme to upgrade the motorway between junctions 23 and 27.
Weighing 36 tonnes and measuring 40 metres across, it is the first of five superspan gantries which will be installed during the project being carried out by Skanska Balfour Beatty, on behalf of the Highways Agency.
The gantries will display valuable information for road users to help reduce congestion and ease traffic flow.
Skanska Balfour Beatty is a construction joint venture formed in 2009 to deliver improvements to reduce congestion on the M25 and adjoining routes for the M25 Connect Plus design-build-financeand-operate concession, on behalf of the Highways Agency.
Skanska Balfour Beatty Skanska Balfour Beatty completed a 61 kilometre Managed Motorway upgrade of the M25 in 2011 between Junctions 16 to 23 and Junctions 27 to 30 in 2011.
It is currently upgrading 46 further kilometres of the M25 to Managed Motorway between Junctions 5 & & through Kent and Surrey and between Junctions 23 and 27 through Hertfordshire. The projects are due to be complete by 2015.
