PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it was awarded a 5-year partnership agreement (extendable to 10 years) from Devon County Council of the United Kingdom for transportation and engineering consultancy services.

By JOHN WARE A vital link in a long awaited long distance cycle-pedestrian route into the heart of Devon, could soon be approved at the second time of trying.

A new management team will lead a more "joined-up" approach for health and social care in Devon, council and health chiefs have announced.