2013-vinci-annual-report

GROUP / 2013 ALBUM 11
Launched during the first quarter of 2010,
the green motorway package upgrade work
was completed in the spring of 2013. Within
three years, in line with its commitments,
VINCI Autoroutes financed, designed, implemented
and completed its €750 million
investment programme in exchange for a
one-year extension to its concession contracts.
This was the first time in France that
the concession model was used specifically
to finance environmental investment in
motorway networks.
The green growth programme had five component
parts: protecting water resources; protecting
residents near the motorway from noise;
protecting biodiversity; eco-refurbishment of
rest and service areas (see above); and reducing
CO₂ emissions. It led to older sections of the
motorway being upgraded to the environmental
standards applied to newer sections.
This unprecedented programme involved
1,800 worksites spread over the entire
VINCI Autoroutes network, creating 6,000
direct jobs and as many indirect jobs during
the three years of works.
Applying the same principle, VINCI Autoroutes
may invest almost €2 billion within the framework
of its motorway stimulus plan, which
was still under discussion with the French
government at the end of 2013.