Obermeyer Helika win Czech PPP deal for D4 section

A consortium including engineering design group Obermeyer Helika has won a consultancy contract for a planned D4 motorway project in the Czech Republic. Construction of the 32km Milin-Mirotice motorway section, a public-private partnership, is scheduled to start in 2019. A PPP might be also used for the Prague-Chomutov D7 section.
August 11, 2017 Read time: 1 min
A consortium including engineering design group Obermeyer Helika has won a consultancy contract for a planned D4 motorway project in the Czech Republic.


Construction of the 32km Milin-Mirotice motorway section, a public-private partnership, is scheduled to start in 2019.

A PPP might be also used for the Prague-Chomutov D7 section.

Other members of the consortium for the PPP deal include legal firm White & Chase and Czech bank Ceska Sporitelna.

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