Accommodating air traffic growth without new land take
At London Gatwick airport, VINCI Airports will convert a second runway, currently used only for taxiing, to make it suitable for take-off. The project aims to meet the rising demand for air travel without sealing off any additional land. It will potentially generate £1 billion in annual economic value by enabling 60,000 additional flights and bringing the airport’s capacity to 80 million passengers, thereby boosting regional and national tourism in the United Kingdom.
In Colombia,
the widening and upgrading of the Bogotá–Girardot highway (Vía Sumapaz, VINCI Highways) was completed in April 2025. The work was carried out with VINCI Construction Grands Projets on one of the country’s busiest roads while it remained open to traffic. The entirely renovated highway now offers drivers enhanced levels of service and safety. The slope stabilisation techniques employed have also reinforced the infrastructure’s climate resilience.
On the Athens–Patras motorway, in Greece,
VINCI Highways inaugurated one of Europe’s largest motorway solar power plants, in 2025. The network of 19 photovoltaic parks is installed on land along the motorway between Athens and Patras (Olympia Odos), on canopies above toll plazas and on the roofs of service buildings. The plant has a total capacity of 10 MWp, enough to meet all of the motorway’s operational electricity needs, including for lighting, dynamic electronic signage and tunnel ventilation.