DALLAS, Nov. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs
Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) and WSP have been awarded further
strategic development corridor studies for Transport for the North
(TfN) which will help inform plans to deliver effective transport
infrastructure investment. TfN is England's first sub-national transport body,
formed to transform the transport system across the North of
England.
The Jacobs and WSP team has been appointed by TfN to develop an
infrastructure improvement program for two key east-west and
north-south transport corridors in the North of England – the Southern Pennines and
Yorkshire to Scotland corridors. Each corridor represents
an area where evidence suggests investment in transport
infrastructure will enable transformational economic growth. TfN's
proposals for improvements in the Strategic Development Corridors
will consider the needs of people and business and align with local
transport investment. This appointment follows previous work
undertaken by Jacobs and WSP on other Strategic Development
Corridor studies on behalf of TfN.
"This latest commission further supports TfN's strategy to
deliver inclusive economic growth and transformational change,"
said Jacobs Buildings and Infrastructure Europe Senior Vice
President and General Manager Donald
Morrison. "We have enormous opportunity to use our U.K. and
international knowledge in transportation, environmental, economic
and digital innovation to find better ways of improving
connectivity and opportunity in the region."
Nasar Malik, WSP's project
director for both studies commented: "The North of England is home to many of the UK's major
economic assets. These reports will identify a long-term program of
future transport investment that will better connect these
industrial hubs, unlocking transformational economic growth across
the region."
Jacobs and WSP will build a strategic outline case for a program
of road and rail transport improvements across the Southern
Pennines Corridor, linking east to west between major economic and
population centers including Liverpool, Warrington and Cheshire, Manchester, Sheffield and Hull, incorporating four major ports and four
international airports. The team will also look at the Yorkshire to Scotland strategic development corridor with a
focus on improving north to south road connectivity.
The two latest studies will be submitted to TfN in early
2019.
Jacobs employs over 10,000 employees in the U.K. and has played
a lead role in delivering some of the nation's largest
infrastructure programs including the Queensferry Crossing, part of
Transport Scotland's major upgrade to the cross-Forth transport
corridor in the east of Scotland
between Edinburgh and Fife; and Highways England's Manchester
North-West Quadrant Project to improve the transport network around
the motorways north west of Manchester.
Jacobs leads the global professional services sector delivering
solutions for a more connected, sustainable world. With
$15 billion in fiscal 2017 revenue
when combined with full-year CH2M revenues and a talent force of
more than 77,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of services
including scientific, technical, professional and construction- and
program-management for business, industrial, commercial, government
and infrastructure sectors. For more information, visit
www.jacobs.com, and connect with Jacobs on LinkedIn, Twitter,
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