Parsons Brinckerhoff appointed by Transport for Greater Manchester

Parsons Brinckerhoff, the international engineering consultant, has been appointed to provide a broad range of specialist services to Transport for Greater Manchester under the UK authority’s new Transport Professional Services framework, to help deliver much-needed improvements to transport infrastructure across the region. Under the new four-year framework agreement, Parsons Brinckerhoff will provide a range of services including transport systems, transport planning, environmental planning and engineerin
December 3, 2012 Read time: 1 min
4983 Parsons Brinckerhoff, the international engineering consultant, has been appointed to provide a broad range of specialist services to 817 Transport for Greater Manchester under the UK authority’s new Transport Professional Services framework, to help deliver much-needed improvements to transport infrastructure across the region. Under the new four-year framework agreement, Parsons Brinckerhoff will provide a range of services including transport systems, transport planning, environmental planning and engineering, consultation and public transport operations. It will also help Greater Manchester to deliver on its recently secured ‘City Deal’ arrangement, which allows certain freedoms from Whitehall controls to boost local economic growth, creating and protecting up to 6000 jobs – enabled in part through development of public transport infrastructure and improving journey reliability.
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