The two schemes will be developed separately. Dobwalls Bypass, where construction is expected to commence in 2007, is a dual carriageway improvement on the A38 part-way between Plymouth and Bodmin in Cornwall. The Merrymeet Junction improvement is the grade separation of a roundabout just east of Okehampton in Devon, allowing traffic on the A30 dual carriageway to pass straight through. Construction here is due to begin in 2005.
This is the third major scheme won by Interserve Project Services’ Infrastructure Division in the Highways Agency’s Targeted Programme of Improvements, closely following the awards of the A5 Weeford-Fazeley project and the A1 junction improvements between Peterborough and Blyth. As with these other contracts, Interserve’s selection of a specialist design partner was an important element in winning the project and the partner will play a key role as the plans are further developed.
"Part of our Infrastructure Division’s strategy is to work with the Highways Agency as a preferred client on major partnering projects," said Interserve Plc director John Vyse. "There’s a good deal of mutual respect in the relationship and we’re looking forward to extending this as the projects move through their design phases and into construction ."
