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Strabag investing in Irish motorway network

Construction group Strabag, as part of the DirectRoute consortium, will finance, plan, build and operate the 57 kilometre long section of the Irish N17/N18 motorway between Gort and Tuam near Galwayon behalf of National Roads of Ireland. The public-private partnership (PPP) project has a total private sector investment value of about US$459 million.
May 9, 2014 Read time: 1 min
RSSConstruction group 3861 Strabag, as part of the DirectRoute consortium, will finance, plan, build and operate the 57 kilometre long section of the Irish N17/N18 motorway between Gort and Tuam near Galwayon behalf of National Roads of Ireland. The public-private partnership (PPP) project has a total private sector investment value of about US$459 million.

Construction will begin in May 2014 and the motorway is to be opened to traffic in November 2017, marking the start of the 25-year operating period for this section, with Strabag’s share amounting to 50 per cent via its subsidiary A-Way Infrastructure Project Development and Operations.

On completion of the scheme, National Roads of Ireland will pay a fixed monthly ‘availability’ fee to the consortium.

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