Parsons Brinckerhoff to provide specialist services to 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 (TfGM) under its new Transport Professional Services framework, a key enabler to help deliver much-needed investment in transport infrastructure across the region.
September 6, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
4983 Parsons Brinckerhoff, the international engineering consultant, has been appointed to provide a broad range of specialist services to 817 Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) under its new Transport Professional Services framework, a key enabler to help deliver much-needed investment in 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’ earn back arrangement. City Deal allows certain freedoms from Whitehall controls to boost economic growth locally, creating and protecting up to 6000 local jobs - enabled in part through the further development of public transport infrastructure, and improving journey reliability.
 
Mike D'Alton, Parsons Brinckerhoff’s Framework Director said, “The City Deal announced in March provides a unique opportunity for the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to accelerate economic growth and we look forward to using our specialist engineering and technical planning capabilities to help enable this growth through improving the GMCA’s transport networks and operations”.
 
The framework contract may also be used by the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities, and other passenger transport executives including South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive; West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive; Tyne & Wear Passenger Transport Executive; West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive; and Merseytravel.

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