MOTORWAY REGENERATION PLAN

A €719 million investment

On 9 April 2015, the concession operators and the French government agreed a motorway stimulus plan involving a total investment of €3.2 billion. The aim of this plan is to modernise the motorway networks while supporting employment in the public works and service sectors.

Under the plan, APRR and its subsidiary AREA will invest €719 million and operate an additional 35 km of motorway, raising the total length of the APRR network to 2,323 km.

In parallel to this investment, the motorway regeneration plan extends the concession agreements until 2035 and 2036, for APRR and AREA, respectively.

Financing new infrastructures and services

DAs part of the motorway regeneration plan, APRR is to finance the construction of five flagship projects:

development of the Grenoble urban crossing
development of the three-lane A75 motorway south of Clermont-Ferrand
interconnection between the Central Europe Atlantic Road (RCEA) and the APRR network in two locations: via the A406 Ouest near Mâcon and the A71 in Montmarault
a system of interchanges between the A36 motorway, RN 1019 main road and RD 437 secondary road near Belfort.

APRR has committed to developing commercial measures and support initiatives to encourage customers to adopt innovative means of travel and promote ecomobility (car pooling, offers for young road users, electric vehicles and long-distance coaches).

2014-2018 Management Contracts

The concession contracts agreed by the French government and APRR in 2001 are supplemented by two five-year management contracts, one concerning APRR, the other AREA. These contracts stipulate the investment in the network required from the Group in exchange for new toll pricing formulas that were introduced in 2014 and will remain in force until 2018.

APRR’S ROLE AS A MOTORWAY DEVELOPER

APRR invests to maintain, modernise and enhance safety along the network. APRR curates the assets entrusted to it, while making driving safer and building motorway areas that provide innovative services.

A75 - WIDENING TO DUAL THREE-LANE

As part of the motorway regeneration plan, the French government has contracted APRR to widen the A75 motorway between the junction with the A71 in Clermont-Ferrand and the Saint-Amant - Tallende interchange (no. 5) near Crest to dual three-lane and take over its operation.