Herefordshire is spending two million pounds this year on a road resurfacing programme in the county – but is sidestepping its main contractor Balfour Beatty to do so.

Herefordshire Council confirmed in April it would spend a total of £10 million upgrading the county’s roads in the current and following financial years.

It has now confirmed it awarded a contract to Tarmac Trading, “up to the value of £1,982,453.87”, to resurface further A and B roads across the county.

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Based on quotes submitted, “this supplier gives the council good value for money”, its newly published decision said, adding that the choice of which roads would be surfaced was “based on condition and need”.

The council also announced in April it would end its current all-encompassing public realm contract with Balfour Beatty Living Spaces in May 2026. Previously road repairs formed part of this deal.

A Herefordshire Council spokesperson said: “These works will be delivered via a framework the council set up earlier this year for resurfacing and improvement works.

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“These are complementary to the work performed by Balfour Beatty Living Places and will allow us to deliver the additional investment that the council has pledged to improving our highway network over the coming years.”

Among forthcoming roadworks on the county’s A and B roads are:

  • The B4224 from B4225 to Fording Lane, east of Ross-on-Wye (October 14-19)
  • The B4214 from Stony Brook to Birchend, north of Ledbury (October 21-28)
  • The A438 from Eastwood Garage to the Trumpet Inn crossroads (October 21-30)
  • The A44 from B4220 To Norton Lane via Bringsty Common, east of Bromyard (October 28 to November 1)