Jacobs and WSP Secure Further Strategic Development Corridor Studies for Transport for the North

DALLAS, Nov. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) and WSP have been awarded further strategic development corridor studies for Transport for the North (TfN) which will help inform plans to deliver effective transport infrastructure investment. TfN is England's first sub-national transport body, formed to transform the transport system across the North of England.

The Jacobs and WSP team has been appointed by TfN to develop an infrastructure improvement program for two key east-west and north-south transport corridors in the North of England – the Southern Pennines and Yorkshire to Scotland corridors. Each corridor represents an area where evidence suggests investment in transport infrastructure will enable transformational economic growth. TfN's proposals for improvements in the Strategic Development Corridors will consider the needs of people and business and align with local transport investment. This appointment follows previous work undertaken by Jacobs and WSP on other Strategic Development Corridor studies on behalf of TfN.

"This latest commission further supports TfN's strategy to deliver inclusive economic growth and transformational change," said Jacobs Buildings and Infrastructure Europe Senior Vice President and General Manager Donald Morrison. "We have enormous opportunity to use our U.K. and international knowledge in transportation, environmental, economic and digital innovation to find better ways of improving connectivity and opportunity in the region."

Nasar Malik, WSP's project director for both studies commented: "The North of England is home to many of the UK's major economic assets. These reports will identify a long-term program of future transport investment that will better connect these industrial hubs, unlocking transformational economic growth across the region."

Jacobs and WSP will build a strategic outline case for a program of road and rail transport improvements across the Southern Pennines Corridor, linking east to west between major economic and population centers including Liverpool, Warrington and Cheshire, Manchester, Sheffield and Hull, incorporating four major ports and four international airports. The team will also look at the Yorkshire to Scotland strategic development corridor with a focus on improving north to south road connectivity.

The two latest studies will be submitted to TfN in early 2019.

Jacobs employs over 10,000 employees in the U.K. and has played a lead role in delivering some of the nation's largest infrastructure programs including the Queensferry Crossing, part of Transport Scotland's major upgrade to the cross-Forth transport corridor in the east of Scotland between Edinburgh and Fife; and Highways England's Manchester North-West Quadrant Project to improve the transport network around the motorways north west of Manchester.

Jacobs leads the global professional services sector delivering solutions for a more connected, sustainable world. With $15 billion in fiscal 2017 revenue when combined with full-year CH2M revenues and a talent force of more than 77,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of services including scientific, technical, professional and construction- and program-management for business, industrial, commercial, government and infrastructure sectors. For more information, visit www.jacobs.com, and connect with Jacobs on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

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