Vinci bids for construction of new section of German A 20 motorway

France-based infrastructure group Vinci has submitted a bid to construct a new section of the A 20 motorway in Germany between Bad Segeberg and Bremerhaven. The works will include a near 6.5km-long tunnel under the river Elbe between Glückstadt and Drochtersen and a section of the A 26 motorway to Hamburg. The bid by Vinci provides for a private-public-partnership model under which Vinci and the German government would share the estimated project cost of around €2 billion. According to Vinci's bid, const
August 23, 2013 Read time: 2 mins
France-based infrastructure group 5177 Vinci has submitted a bid to construct a new section of the A 20 motorway in Germany between Bad Segeberg and Bremerhaven. The works will include a near 6.5km-long tunnel under the river Elbe between Glückstadt and Drochtersen and a section of the A 26 motorway to Hamburg.

The bid by Vinci provides for a private-public-partnership model under which Vinci and the German government would share the estimated project cost of around €2 billion. According to Vinci's bid, construction is due to start in 2015 and completion is scheduled for 2020.

For its investment, Vinci would obtain a large part of the HGV toll charged on the newly built motorway. Furthermore, the new Elbe tunnel would be a toll tunnel. The toll, which is likely to be €2 per passenger car and €12 per truck, would also go to Vinci. The German government would become the owner of the newly built motorway and tunnel after 50 years.
Road Structures

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Denmark concerned over rising cost of Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link
    February 19, 2015
    The Danish government is in talks with contractors over the latest rise in cost estimates for the proposed prestigious Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link between Denmark and Germany. Contractors have estimated an extra €295.5 million will be needed. This is in addition to a statement last November by the contracting company Femern saying that costs had risen nearly €900 million. The total rise price hike is nearly €1.2 billion. This puts the final cost of the 18km tunnel including two railway tunnels, two motorway tun
    Read More
  • Spanish government reduces motorway rescue cost
    May 8, 2018
    The Spanish government has calculated the cost of rescuing Spain's nine bankrupt motorways at €1.8 billion. This is about 10% less than previously estimated, according to a report in the Spanish financial newspaper Expansión. The government has been trying for the past three years to facilitate a deal with banks to get the motorways out of debt and so to not add to the state’s own debt. Many of the nine projects were built prior to the financial crisis and traffic volumes were optimistically high.
    Read More
  • State-of-the art road tunnels in construction and use of ITS
    April 25, 2013
    A wealth of major road tunnel construction projects and significant cant ITS installations within existing key road tunnels have been recently completed or will soon be underway. Guy Woodford examines some of them. A state-of-the art Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) - the 10th largest ever to be built worldwide will be put to work later this year on New Zealand Transport Agency’s landmark Waterview Connection project in Auckland. The giant Herrenknecht-manufactured machine will be used to construct the twin 2.5
    Read More
  • Highway developments to boost east-west transport
    February 16, 2012
    Huge highway developments are being planned and carried out to further improve East-West transport, with Central Asia a key region as Patrick Smith reports
    Read More

Highlighted Content