Egis has been awarded a major Turkish highway deal

Egis has signed a contract for the operation and maintenance of the Gebze-İzmir highway in Turkey. The agreement was signed with OTOYOL, the concessionaire for the Turkish General Directorate of Highways (KGM). This is the second major contract award for Egis in Turkey, following the Eurasia Tunnel deal, for a 5.4km twin-deck tunnel under the Bosphorus. OTOYOL was selected by KGM as the private concessionaire for the project. OTOYOL itself is a firm established for the purpose of the Project by five Turkish
June 25, 2013 Read time: 2 mins
The completion of the Gebze-İzmir highway will help improve traffic flow and reduce peak time congestion in the busy port city
2643 Egis has signed a contract for the operation and maintenance of the Gebze-İzmir highway in Turkey. The agreement was signed with OTOYOL, the concessionaire for the Turkish General Directorate of Highways (3337 KGM). This is the second major contract award for Egis in Turkey, following the Eurasia Tunnel deal, for a 5.4km twin-deck tunnel under the Bosphorus.

OTOYOL was selected by KGM as the private concessionaire for the project. OTOYOL itself is a firm established for the purpose of the Project by five Turkish companies: 3338 Nurol İnşaat ve Ticaret; Özaltın İnşaat Ticaret ve Sanayi; 3340 Makyol İnşaat Sanayi Turizm ve Ticaret; 4149 Yüksel İnşaat; 3342 Göçay İnşaat Taahhüt ve Ticaret; and one Italian company, 1324 Astaldi. After a competitive bidding process, Egis was selected by OTOYOL as its operation partner.

The Gebze-İzmir Project is a tolled highway project procured by KGM under a build, operate and transfer (BOT) model. This is the largest BOT project in Turkey to date. It includes 420km of highway (2x3 lanes) between Gebze (on the North shore of İzmit Bay) and İzmir, as well as a 3km suspension bridge crossing İzmit bay, three tunnels with a total length of 6km and 20 toll stations. The project will be implemented in two phases. The first phase from Gebze to km 58 will include the 3km Izmit bay suspension bridge which is one of the longest suspension bridges in the world by the length of central span

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