Network Rail is inviting expressions of interest from civil engineering contractors for £25m-worth of cliff stabilisation works in Devon.
Phase four of the South West Rail Resilience Programme involves cliff resilience works between Dawlish to Holcombe. The works involve cliff stabilisation, rock anchors and netting of several cliffs alongside the railway.
The South West Rail Resilience Programme was established by Network Rail to identify and implement the best options to improve rail resilience between Dawlish and Teignmouth, helping to avoid a repetition of the events of 2014 when heavy storms resulted in an eight-week closure of the railway.
As part of the same programme, Morgan Sindall is building a 209-metre extension of the Parsons Tunnel rockfall shelter over the line between Dawlish and Holcombe. It was awarded a £28m contract for this work last year. [See our previous report here.]
For further details of the phase four contract, see our Contract Leads section.
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