Contract for the Provision of Highway Construction Works at Colley Lane Industrial Estate.

Descriptions

Construction of a new 950 m — long access road to serve the Colley Lane Industrial Estate in Bridgwater, including the construction of 2 new bridges; 1 an insitu concrete arch structure over the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal and the second a 52 m long single span steel composite bridge over the tidal River Parrett. The proposals also include the provision of 4 retaining walls. The carriageway is to be 7.3 m wide with 3.5 m wide of footway / cycleway on each side.The route of the new link road crosses the site of a former brick works, where the clay extraction pit has been filled with cellophane waste. The approach embankment to the new bridge over the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal will need to be constructed over this.Works associated with the project will also include the provision of drainage, alterations to Statutory Undertakers' apparatus and the provision of new landscaping.Under this contract the contractor and its supply chain will be required to actively participate in the achievement of social objectives relating to participation in skills development, employment and training programmes and other added value contributions by the contractor and its supply chain in order to support community programmes promoted by Somerset County Council. Accordingly the contract performance conditions may relate in particular to secondary considerations.