The five-mile stretch incorporates five new structures, numerous side roads and accesses to local estates. It is the first stage of a £3bn project to upgrade 80 miles of single carriageway to dual carriageway between Inverness and Perth by 2025.
Breedon said that it was investing heavily in its Meadowside quarry near Kingussie to service the contract and ensure supplies to existing customers in the area are unaffected. The company is erecting a new high capacity concrete plant and a Benninghoven mobile asphalt plant at the quarry, immediately adjacent to the project, to minimise truck movements for the project.
Breedon will supply substantial quantities of drystone, along with approximately 25,000 m3 of concrete and around 100,000 tonnes of asphalt to the project. Work is due to begin later this year and will continue through into 2017.
Breedon Scotland chief executive Alan Mackenzie said: “This contract underpins our order book for the current year and secures a significant amount of work for our Meadowside quarry over the next 12-18 months.”
Meanwhile, further north, Breedon has also opened a new £2.2m asphalt plant at its Daviot quarry near Inverness. The new Marini plant will be capable of producing up to 180 tonnes of asphalt per hour.
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