With the acquisition of 55% of Entrevias in Brazil, VINCI Highways, which already holds the concession for the Bogotá–Girardot highway in Colombia and the Lima ring road in Peru, continues to develop in South America.
In France, under the concession contract for the Prado-Carénage and Prado Sud tunnels in Marseille (Bouches- du-Rhône) , a new access ramp connecting Boulevard Schloesing to the A50 motorway and the Prado-Carénage tunnel was brought into service. The underpass will free up surface space for a new tramway line. And lastly, maintenance and climate resilience operations were carried out in Slovakia on the Via Pribina expressway (pavement upgrades on a 14 km section) and in Peru on the Lima Expresa highways (consolidating the banks of the Rímac river along the road to prevent damage in case of flooding).
DIGITAL TOLL SERVICES AND OPERATIONAL INNOVATIONS
Through its subsidiary ViaPlus, created from the merger of TollPlus 100% owned by VINCI Highways since 2022 and Cofiroute USA, VINCI Highways is a major player in the electronic toll collection (ETC) market. ViaPlus is primarily active in the United States, where it generates more than three-quarters of its activity, and India, the historic birthplace of TollPlus, where ViaPlus today handles the majority of ETC transactions in the country. Through its 600 employees, ViaPlus manages 6 million ETC accounts, which generated more than 2.5 million transactions in 2023. In the United States, where the subsidiary manages free-flow toll systems installed on a network of highways and expressways in Texas, ViaPlus won the Toll Excellence award from IBTTA (International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association) for its new toll payment solutions via QR Code and SMS.
In addition, VINCI Highways deploys digital toll services on the infrastructure managed by its concession companies. In 2023, such systems were installed on the Bogotá–Girardot highway in Colombia and the Lima Expresa highways in Peru where a new operations control centre and an incident detection system connected to 120 cameras located along the infrastructure also launched operations.
In Greece, the “Water from the air” service, accessible at 11 points on the Athens–Patras motorway, provides travellers with free cold water produced from the humidity in the ambient air. This innovation won a prize at the VINCI Environment Awards in 2021.
In Germany, the quality of rest and service areas managed by the Via Solutions Südwest subsidiary on the motorway network received a “very good” rating from the Auto-Club Europa association.