Project Y

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kilometres of road, 76
bridges, 4 tunnels, 13,000
51 plans, 60,000 tons of
steel, 1.6 million cubic metres of
concrete, up to 1,300 workers and
an investment sum of 933 million
Euro: This are some of the key data
of the currently largest construction
site in Central Europe. A new
road link is constructed in the region
Weinviertel located in Lower
Austria: Project Y, PPP Eastern Region
Package 1. The dimension of
this construction site is not the only
extraordinary aspect but also the
type of financing for this new road
link. Project Y is the first Public-
Private-Partnership road construction
project in Austria. The name
‘Project Y’ symbolizes the visual
appearance of the three road links,
forming the shape of the letter Y
standing on its head.
an end to traffic jaMs
The new roads should make an end
to the daily traffic jams north of Vienna.
The Brünner Street B7 is used
daily by about 20,000 vehicles. Severe
accidents are a daily occurrence
on this extra-wide country
road. “Since the 2004 enlargement
of the European Union the traffic dramatically
increased in the villages
along the street B7. The burden on the
population is simply no longer acceptable”
says ombudsman and local
politician Erwin Pollany, knowing
about the problems of the abutting
population. The new motorway section
and the two dual carriageways
will considerably improve the safety
and quality of life in this region
and ensure a drastically faster connection
to the Weinviertel region
and the city of Vienna.
construction Period:
three Years – useful life:
three decades
In 2003 the company ASFINAG began
preparations for this megaproject.
In 2005 a pan-European
tender procedure for the PPP
Project took place. On December
12, 2006 the company Bonaventura
Straßenerrichtungs-GmbH won the
planning, construction, financing
and operation of this roadway for a
30-year term.
This company was founded specifically
for this project. It is composed
of ALPINE Bau GmbH, the
German company HOCHTIEF PPP
Solutions GmbH and the French
infrastructure construction company
Egis Projects SA. ALPINE Bau
GmbH runs the company Arge