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Willmott Dixon selected to build £34m council estate in Wednesfield

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Willmott Dixon has won a £34m council house building contract in Wolverhampton.Willmott Dixon has been given the job of constructing a development called The Marches on the site of the former Wednesfield High School for WV Living, a private limited company set up by the City of Wolverhampton Council in 2016 to develop new housing.Willmott Dixon is working with BM3 Architecture on The Marches and the first homes are expected to be ready for new tenants before the end of the year. Of the 266 new homes to be built, 67 will be affordable.WV Living is aiming to build more than 1,000 homes over the next four years; this is the largest of its first-phase sites.