Road contracts to be fixed

Fixed price contracts for roads are on the way, the Government has confirmed.

"I want to see the rules of contracting changed so that contractors bear the construction risk cost involved," Minister for Transport Martin Cullen has stated.

The Minister does not believe such contracts would be subject to legal action which could hold up projects.
"That's why these discussions are taking place - to make sure we are getting these technical issues, some of them very complex, out of the way before we move forward."