Netherlands highway tendering

Tenders are now being placed for a ?€1 billion a contract to double the capacity of the A1/A6 highway in the Netherlands
February 28, 2012 Read time: 1 min
Tenders are now being placed for a €1 billion a contract to double the capacity of the A1/A6 highway in the Netherlands. This deal forms part of a €4.4 billion road plan. The contract will entail the construction of 18km of new motorway, eight connections with other roads and two service areas. Spanish concessions firm, 1377 Globalvia, and German construction firm, 981 Hochtief, are taking part in the tender. 2378 Macquarie, Vinci, 1378 John Laing, 945 Strabag, 7167 Meridiam and Mott McDonald have also shown an interest in taking part in the tender as well as financial firms, 3320 Credit Agricole, 3321 Deutsche Bank, 2621 China Development Bank and 3322 Societe Generale.

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Strabag refinances Ireland’s N17/N18 project between Gort and Tuam
    June 2, 2016
    The European-based technology group for construction services, Strabag, has initiated and led the first successful refinancing of an Irish motorway public-private partnership (PPP) project. In a written statement, Strabag said that the N17/N18 project between Gort and Tuam “is benefiting from improved financial market conditions while still in the construction phase”. Refinancing was successfully achieved on 27 May. Total private sector investment in this project amounts to €400 million. Strabag said
    Read More
  • Ukraine's highway tenders attract interest
    March 5, 2012
    International interest is growing in major highway projects being planned in the Ukraine. The biggest of the highway projects for the Ukraine will form part of the E-97 European Transport Corridor and is expected to cost in the region of US$1.3 billion. The next largest project planned for the Ukraine is worth $750 million.
    Read More
  • Netherlands reviews tunnel safety
    May 15, 2012
    Questions are being asked in the Netherlands following the news that twin road tunnels planned to form part of the new 7km stretch of the A4 highway between Delft and Schiedam will not meet EU safety regulations. The Dutch Commission for Tunnel Safety says that the link, which has a total of eight lanes, will not meet the EU regulations, which were toughened after a series of tunnel disasters in Austria and Switzerland. Instead the commission wants four tunnels to be built, each for two lanes of traffic,
    Read More
  • Strong investment growth in the world’s highways was a key driver in John Deere and Wirtgen coming together
    December 21, 2017
    John Deere’s recent acquisition of the Wirtgen Group was driven by the way in which two leading equipment manufacturers could come together with no product overlap and target strong investment growth in the world’s highways sector
    Read More

Highlighted Content