A consortium of VINCI and Meridiam has secured a public-private partnership (PPP) contract to build the D4 motorway linking Příbram (Central Bohemia) to Písek (South Bohemia).
The Czech Republic’s Ministry of Transport has awarded the CZK16.5bn ($754m) contract to the consortium, which is led by VINCI Highways. It is said to be the first PPP motorway contract awarded in the Czech Republic.
The scope of the contract will involve design, finance, construct, operate and maintain a new 32 km motorway and the conversion of 17 km of existing infrastructure into a dual two-lane carriageway.
It will be executed using a full building information modelling (BIM) approach, which is claimed to be the first in the country for a road construction project.
