Release date: 9 November 2005
Promoter – Financial Intermediary
Cofiroute S.A. (Compagnie Financière et Industrielle des Autoroutes).Location
Description
Construction of two sections (63km) of the A85 motorway in the Centre Region of France.
Objectives
The project will serve to complete the motorway link between the towns of Vierzon and Tours. Connecting the Paris-Clermont-Ferrand A71 motorway to the east and the Anger-Tours section of the A85 motorway (under construction) to the west, the project constitutes an important component of the Nantes – Angers – Tours – Vierzon road, which will link the Atlantic shoreline to the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France and beyond to Switzerland and Italy. The project comes under the Trans-European Transport Network Plan.
Comments
Motorways.
Sector(s)
Proposed EIB finance (Approximate amount)
Around EUR 200 million.
Total cost (Approximate amount)
Around EUR 550 million.
Environmental aspects
The project is covered by EU Directives 85/337/EEC and 92/43/EEC. Its design has been the subject of detailed environmental studies and the motorway has been declared to be in the public interest.
Procurement
The works will be announced by the promoter. The procurement procedures will be examined as part of the project appraisal.
Status
Signed - 11/07/2006
Disclaimer
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They are provided for transparency purposes only and cannot be considered to represent official EIB policy (see also the Explanatory notes).