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Project History
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Project History |
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1980 |
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Proposals for a new publicly funded motorway |
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1984 |
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Consultation on five route options |
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1986 |
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Announcement of preferred route |
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1988 |
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Public Inquiry on publicly funded scheme |
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1989 |
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Announcement that the road will be built by the private sector. Private sector competition takes place |
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1991 |
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Midland Expressway Ltd (MEL) announced as competition winner
MEL consults with the public
Alterations/alternative routes considered |
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1992 |
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Concession Agreement signed by Government and MEL. Further alterations to route |
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1994 |
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Public Inquiry on MEL scheme |
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1995 |
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Public Inquiry ends |
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1997 |
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Final go-ahead from Government |
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1997 |
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Legal challenges against the scheme (Alliance against BNRR) |
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1999 |
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Challenges cleared |
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2000 |
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Competition for design and build contract |
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2000 |
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MEL signs contract with CAMBBA for design and construction |
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2000 |
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MEL signs contract for financing |
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2001 |
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Minister announces name for road as M6 Toll |
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2003 |
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Toll prices announced (6 May) |
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2003 |
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M6 Toll opens (9 December) |
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Facts & Figures
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Contract |
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Contract Award/Effective Date |
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29th September 2000 |
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Contract Period |
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40 Months |
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Contract Value (Design and Construct) |
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£485m |
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Contractor |
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CAMBBA (Carillion, Alfred McAlpine, Balfour Beatty, AMEC) |
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Contractual completion |
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January 2004 (road opened 9 December 2003) |
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Milestones |
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Programme |
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Initial Site Clearance/Fencing Start |
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November 2000 |
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Environmental Mitigation Works |
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November 2000 to March 2001 |
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Archaeological Investigations |
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November 2000 to Spring 2001 |
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Establishment of Main Project Offices |
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November 2000 to March 2001 |
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Major Construction Activity |
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April 2001 to December 2003 |
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Principal Quantities |
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Topsoil Strip |
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1,300,000 cubic metres |
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Excavation(roughly the equivalent to 80,000double decker buses full) |
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9,200,000 cubic metres |
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Fill(roughly the equivalent to 69,000 double decker buses) |
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7,500,000 cubic metres |
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Excavated material processed(Drainage, pavement, concrete) |
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1,600,000 cubic metres |
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Structural Concrete |
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63,000 cubic metres |
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Steel Reinforcement |
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10,400 tonnes |
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Formwork |
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90,000 square metres |
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Reinforced Earth Panels |
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22,300 square metres |
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Structural Steel (roughly the equivalent amount of steel used in the Eiffel Tower) |
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9,613 tonnes |
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Road Construction |
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Main Line |
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1,369,000 square metres |
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Interchanges |
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184,000 square metres |
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Side Roads |
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447,000 square metres |
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Blacktop (Would fill over ten QE2 cruise liners) |
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800,000 tonnes |
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Carrier Drains |
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139,000 metres |
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Fencing/Hedges/Noise Barrier |
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165,000 metres |
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Safety Fencing |
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130,000 metres |
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Landscape Planting |
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4,430,000 square metres |
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Structures |
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Existing Bridges (20) |
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Widened 8
Demolish 4
Change 8
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New Bridges (57) |
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Overbridges 34
Underbridges 12
Footbridges 5
Rail Bridges 3
Link Bridges 3 |
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Culverts |
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Watercourses 41
Toll Tunnels 6 |
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Retaining Structures |
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Walls 7
Strengthened Earth 4 |
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Sign Gantries |
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68 |
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Lighting Columns |
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2,500 |
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Communications Cable |
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200,000 metres |
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