Roads maintenance firm Thomas Bow has been awarded the contract to look after roads in the area.
The East Midlands firm made a bid to Rutland County Council to look after its roads after the local authority put the contract out to tender.
Thomas Bow Ltd was the highest-scoring bidder against the council’s evaluation points, and took over the contract on June 1.
There will be an option to extend the contract by two five-year periods if a number of key performance indicators are met.
Rutland County Council’s strategic director for places, Penny Sharp, said: “Thomas Bow has a breadth of industry experience and have a significant number of highway contracts around the country.
“We are pleased to be able to shape the new contract to ensure it has an emphasis on social value and positive benefits to the community, ranging from employment to community engagement.
“There is also a focus on carbon reduction, innovation, an opportunity for potential income generation and a cost reduction on the depot lease.
“We are looking forward to working with Thomas Bow to deliver proactive maintenance measures, ensuring the highway network is kept safe and maintained in a sustainable manner for all residents and visitors to the county.”
Thomas Bow managing director Alistair Bow said: “This is an exciting contract for Thomas Bow and demonstrates our in-house capability to deliver multi-discipline contracts for clients.
“We are extremely happy to secure this long term contract and we look forward to working with Rutland County Council to deliver improvements identified in the recent survey and also having a positive impact on the local community.”
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