The consortium consisting of VINCI and Meridiam has concluded the funding of the PPP contract for the D4 motorway in the Czech Republic

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Rueil Malmaison, 30 April 2021

The consortium consisting of VINCI and Meridiam has accomplished the financing
of the PPP deal for the D4 motorway in the Czech Republic

On 29 April 2021, the consortium consisting of VINCI Highways, lead firm, and Meridiam (50/50) concluded the funding of the PPP agreement for the D4 motorway linking Příbram (Central Bohemia) and Písek (South Bohemia). This agreement gained in December 2020, was signed with the Czech Transport Ministry on 15 February 2021.

€474 million of funding has been organized for the task as a result of financial debt denominated in both of those euros and Czech koruna.

The project consists of building, financing, developing, operating and maintaining a new 32km motorway and widening an existing 16km part of street to two lanes in each and every route. The new motorway will provide an improved highway relationship between Prague and rural South Bohemia, thus fostering area financial and social advancement, and will also aid make improvements to visitors circumstances on significant industrial routes, specifically in the direction of neighbouring Germany and Austria.

The contract is for 28 several years which include approximatively 3.5 decades of design perform, which will commence in May possibly and will be carried out by VINCI subsidiary Eurovia, which has operated in the Czech Republic due to the fact 1992. It employs much more than 3,000 individuals in the nation, wherever it is a single of the most important gamers in transport infrastructure design.

Operation and servicing will be carried out by VINCI Highways. The new motorway will be geared up with point out-of-the-artwork technologies that will, among other matters, ensure a substantial stage of highway security and convenience for motorists and strengthen traffic ailments.

The project will enable to improve the financial state and generate local work, and has robust environmental qualifications. It consists of the recycling and reuse of 1.9 million m3 of excavated resources, as properly as a motivation to recycle up to 60% of the full quantity of asphalt blend. New storm h2o retention ponds, wildlife crossings and a “zero pesticide commitment” will contribute to preserving biodiversity.

About VINCI

VINCI is a global participant in concessions, development and electrical power businesses, using far more than 217,000 people in some 100 nations. We structure, finance, establish and operate infrastructure and amenities that assistance increase everyday daily life and mobility for all. Mainly because we feel in all-spherical overall performance, we are dedicated to working in an environmentally, socially liable and moral way. And simply because our initiatives are in the public desire, we look at that achieving out to all our stakeholders and partaking in dialogue with them is important in the conduct of our enterprise things to do. Centered on that method, VINCI’s ambition is to build very long-phrase worth for its shoppers, shareholders, personnel, companions and society in common. www.vinci.com

About Meridiam
Meridiam was founded in 2005 by Thierry Déau, with the conviction that aligning the interests of the general public and private sectors can deliver methods to the critical desires of communities. A “société à mission”, as described beneath French law, Meridiam specialises in the extensive-term growth, funding and management of sustainable community infrastructure in a few sectors: mobility of goods and people today, the electrical power changeover and the surroundings, and social infrastructure. Meridiam at this time manages $8 billion in belongings and in excess of 80 tasks. Meridiam is ISO 9001: 2015 accredited, has been recognised for State-of-the-art Sustainability by Vigeo Eiris, and has made its possess ESG (surroundings, social and governance) and effect assessment methodology, centered on the UN Sustainable Growth Targets (SDD or SDG).
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