During the construction phase, solutions were implemented in line with the Group’s environmental ambitions, such as reuse of excavated materials and recycling of asphalt reclaimed from the previous pavement. In the operations phase, the high standards – including video coverage of the entire route – contribute to safety and service quality.
VINCI Highways continued major works associated with recently won concessions in other countries where it is present: construction of the B247 federal road between the cities of Mühlhausen and Bad Langensalza, in Thuringia, Germany; the new 75 km section as part of the extension of the Athens– Patras motorway concession to the city of Pyrgos to the west of the Peloponnese peninsula, in Greece; the complete renovation of the Bogotá–Girardot highway, including construction of a third lane over 65 km and upgrading of the entire infrastructure, in Colombia; and widening and upgrading the SP-333 highway in Brazil, where construction of a 2.4 km bridge was launched between cities of Novo Horizonte and Pongaí, in the state of São Paulo.
VINCI Highways kicked off a multi-year infrastructure maintenance programme of pavement upgrades on the 52 km Via Pribina expressway, built in Slovakia by the Group under a public-private partnership and brought into service in 2011. The works will be executed by VINCI Construction road subsidiaries.
Operation
In line with its policy of innovation to strengthen safety and service quality, VINCI Highways has introduced new solutions combining artificial intelligence with data from its video cameras to improve alerts, more rapidly detect pedestrians and immobilised vehicles in high-risk areas, and reduce response times. In Peru, where VINCI Highways operates two expressways in the capital under a concession held by Lima Expresa, this type of equipment can now detect 95% of incidents in under five minutes. VINCI Highways has also continued deployment of digital toll services on its infrastructure, such as lanes reserved for automatic contactless payment at its Lima toll plazas – the first such system installed in the country.
VINCI Highways, the leading international motorway operator in Greece with a 540 km network, celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Rio–Antirrio bridge in 2024. This major engineering structure, built by the Group above the Strait of Corinth and linking the Peloponnese to the main-land, has carried nearly 80 million vehicles since 2004. The anniversary coincided with an Olympic torch relay on the bridge. It is worth noting that 80% of bridge users say they are satisfied with their experience.
Environmental policy
In accordance with the Group’s environmental commitments, VINCI Highways’ initiatives to reduce the carbon footprint of its activities (replacing existing lighting with LEDs along its infrastructure, introducing electric vehicles in its automobile fleets, installing solar panels on operational buildings) reduced its direct emissions (Scopes 1 and 2) by 33% from 2018 to 2024. VINCI Highways also contributes to reducing its customers’ emissions (Scope 3) by installing electric vehicle charge points on its network, with a total of 342 in place at the end of 2024.
1VINCI Highways is the leading international motorway operator in Greece, with a network of over 500 km.
2In Colombia, VINCI Highways is working in synergy with VINCI Construction on a major project to renovate and widen the Bogotá–Girardot highway, scheduled for completion in 2025.