OHL Group Annual Report - Grupo Villar Mir

COMMENCEMENT OF OPERATION
2010 OHL Group Annual Report
During 2010, in line with the investment program and the commitments acquired
with respect to a number of government administrations in Spain and abroad, OHL
Concessions has opened to traffic several road sections and has completed the
consolidation of multimodal transportation in the Terminales Marítimas del Sureste
concession.
SPAIN
During the first half of the month of August, the concession company Autovía de Aragón
Tramo I opened to traffic the third lane of the A-2 Freeway between kilometers 23 and
30, Alcalá de Henares bypass, in the Community of Madrid.
At the Port of Alicante, during the month of September, Terminales Marítimas del
Sureste (TMS) formally opened the railway access to its container terminal, providing
the port with the possibility of having its own connection to the national railway network
for operating the shipment of cargo to and from the Canary Islands.
CHILE
Section 3 of the eastern sector of the Los Andes toll road was opened to traffic on
January 12. This 8-km-long section with two lanes in each direction connects Llay Llay
with the Pan American Highway.
MEXICO
The second and third sections of the first phase of the Bicentennial Viaduct were
formally opened in the State of Mexico between the months of September and
November. The 17 kilometers put into operation in the two sections completed the 22
km of this first stage of the viaduct, which operates at the present time on a reversible
basis in the metropolitan area of the Valley of Mexico.
Also in the State of Mexico, the first 10-km section, Guadalupe Lake-Vialidad
Mexiquense, of Phase III of the Circuito Exterior Mexiquense beltway commenced
operation on September 29. This phase comprises the northwest arm of this
infrastructure, which bypasses the country’s capital from north to south and is
scheduled for completion in 2011.
CONSTRUCTION STARTS
In fulfillment of the construction and infrastructure improvement commitments acquired
through awards to OHL Concessions, the following projects were initiated in the course
of the 2010 financial year:
The listing of
OHL México on
the Mexican
Stock Exchange
was the largest
listing operation
in this market in
the last 10 years
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