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Sanef consortium wins upgrade contract in Lyon

Sanef, the French subsidiary of Spanish construction firm Abertis, is part of the consortium awarded the contract to improve the safety of the tunnels along the Boulevard Périphérique Nord de Lyon, along with the operation, maintenance and renovation of the toll road over 20 years. The contract also includes the management and maintenance of the road and its equipment over 20 years, including the management of the toll payment systems, for which Sanef will receive a fee of US$12.5 million a year. The
November 28, 2014 Read time: 2 mins
480 Sanef, the French subsidiary of Spanish construction firm 6605 Abertis, is part of the consortium awarded the contract to improve the safety of the tunnels along the Boulevard Périphérique Nord de Lyon, along with the operation, maintenance and renovation of the toll road over 20 years.

The contract also includes the management and maintenance of the road and its equipment over 20 years, including the management of the toll payment systems, for which Sanef will receive a fee of US$12.5 million a year.

The Boulevard Périphérique Nord de Lyon is a 10 kilometre-long urban road which is essential to the city's mobility and dynamism. It receives 45,000 vehicles a day on the pay section and of 85,000 vehicles along its two free sections. It has six kilometres of tunnels which must be upgraded to comply with the new safety regulations introduced after the Mont Blanc tunnel accident.

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