Egis awarded second Turkish motorway contract

French engineering and consulting group Egis has been selected by Turkish toll concessionaire Oyotol as its partner for the operation and maintenance of the Gebze-İzmir motorway in Turkey. The deal follows the award of the Eurasia tunnel in 2012. The Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) project is being carried out on behalf of the Turkish General Directorate of Highways and is said to be the largest BOT project in Turkey to date. It includes 420 km of motorway (2x3 lanes) between Gebze on the North shore of
June 25, 2013 Read time: 2 mins
French engineering and consulting group 7319 Egis has been selected by Turkish toll concessionaire Oyotol as its partner for the operation and maintenance of the Gebze-İzmir motorway in Turkey.  The deal follows the award of the Eurasia tunnel in 2012.

The Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) project is being carried out on behalf of the Turkish General Directorate of Highways and is said to be the largest BOT project in Turkey to date. It includes 420 km of motorway (2x3 lanes) between Gebze on the North shore of İzmir bay and İzmir, together with a 3000 m suspension bridge crossing İzmir bay, three tunnels with an approximate cumulative length of 6 km and twenty toll stations.

The project will be implemented in two phases.  The first 58 km phase from Gebze will include the Izmir bay suspension bridge, one of the longest suspension bridges in the world. Traffic for the first phase is forecast to be around 40,000 vehicles per day.  The second phase is scheduled to be operational in mid-2020.
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