The 55-year concession contract will involve a total investment of about €750m (£620m).
The announcement of Vinci as the preferred bidder was made by the Ministry for Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport & Housing (MEDDTL).
The contract covers the design, financing, construction, operation and maintenance of a new 24km section of tolled motorway. It will initially be a two-lane dual carriageway but the section may later be widened to three lanes in each direction without additional land take. It will form a bypass around Strasbourg to the north and west through the Kochersberg region and will link the A4 to the A35/A352 junction.
The design-build joint venture will comprise companies from Vinci’s three contracting business lines - Vinci Construction, Eurovia and Vinci Energies. The works are expected to take 52 months. Operation and maintenance of the section will be carried out by Vinci Autoroutes and the concession operator’s remuneration will come from the tolls collected.
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