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Carillion PLC
07 September 2004



7 September 2004


Carillion secures Canadian road contracts worth £100 million


Business and construction services group Carillion has secured road maintenance
contracts in Canada totalling more than £100 million.

Carillion Canada's road maintenance joint venture, TWD, has been named preferred
bidder on three contracts by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario.

The first contract consists of 1,380 single lane kilometres of highway in the
vicinity of the communities of Barrie and Orillia. The contract is for nine
years starting in October 2004 and valued at £32 million.

The second contract also starting in October 2004, involves 1,850 single lane
kilometres of highway covering Peterborough, Bancroft and Renfrew and is valued
at £29 million over eight years.

The third contract, valued at £43 million is in Thunder Bay and is for 2,836
single lane kilometres over eight years, starting in June 2005.

Carillion's chief executive John McDonough said: 'These recent contract wins are
in line with Carillion's strategy to grow our support services activities in our
international regional businesses.

'Our road maintenance business in Canada has been particularly successful and
will in future maintain nearly 40 per cent of the Ontario municipal road
network.'

The scope of the work includes summer and winter road patrolling, summer
maintenance of roads and shoulders, minor bridge maintenance, wayside rest area
maintenance, vegetation management, electrical (illumination, traffic lights),
ditch and culvert maintenance, winter maintenance (snow ploughing, sanding, dry
salting, pre-wet salting and liquid anti-icing) and pavement markings.



Note to editors

TWD Roads Management Inc. (TWD) was first formed in 1996 in response to the
Ministry of Transportation of Ontario's initiative to outsource highway
maintenance. Today TWD is owned by Carillion Canada Inc. (85%) and Delcan
Corporation of Toronto (15%).

With the latest contract awards in 2004, TWD Roads Management Inc, will manage a
total of 10,480 single lane kilometres, nearly 40 per cent of the Ontario
Highway network.

For further information contact

John Denning, Director Group Corporate Affairs      01902 316384
Jane Smith, Carillion Corporate Communications      01902 316620



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