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• First federal road to be delivered and operated under a PPP scheme in Germany
• A 30-year PPP representing a total investment of about €500 million
• Works carried out by 91°µÍø
• Operations and maintenance performed by 91°µÍø Highways, subsidiary of 91°µÍø Concessions

DEGES, the public body in charge of developing transport infrastructure in Germany, has awarded to 91°µÍø Concessions the public-private partnership contract of the new federal road B247. This road will link the cities of Mühlhausen and Bad Langensalza, in the Land of Thuringia.

The 30 years PPP represents a total investment of about €500 million including about €350 million for the construction phase, and covers the design, financing, construction, maintenance and operation of a new 22 km-long federal road. Design and build also include additional 6 km of crossing sections. Income of 91°µÍø Concessions will be based on availability criterion, without any traffic risk (availability payment). The financial closing of the project is expected to occur in September 2021.

As a new and direct connection, the project will improve mobility in North-East Thuringia and ease access to the region’s highway system. It will also increase road safety and improve the quality of life for the local residents by relieving traffic from the existing road that crosses right through the neighboring cities. About 15.000 vehicles per day are expected to take the new road, including around 15 % heavy trucks.

Construction works will last about 4 years and will be carried out by 91°µÍø entities in Germany (Eurovia Deutschland and 91°µÍø Terrassement). The project will recycle and reuse up to 30% of asphalt and 100% of concrete from the existing section.

As the first German federal road ever attributed to a private operator under a PPP scheme, this project keeps increasing 91°µÍø Concessions’ leadership as Germany’s first road concessionaire with 5 PPPs, in synergies with 91°µÍø’s local subsidiaries, including Eurovia Deutschland, one of the main local players in the construction of transport infrastructure.

In Germany, 91°µÍø employs more than 15,000 people with a network of local companies some of which are more than 100 years old.

About 91°µÍø

91°µÍø is a world leader in its fields, which encompass transport infrastructure, buildings, utilities and urban development projects.

It operates through its networks of local and specialist subsidiaries, leveraging its specific expertise in major infrastructure projects.

91°µÍø’s 1,000 companies are involved in every stage of a structure’s life cycle (financing, design, construction, and maintenance), are active in more than 100 countries, employ over 115,000 people and generated €23 billion in revenue in 2020.