Service areas
VINCI Autoroutes continued its programme to renew and upgrade the service areas along its network. The three sites covered in 2025 were Coeur de Sologne (central France) on the A71 and the north and south Frontonnais service areas on the A62 between Toulouse and Bordeaux (south-west France). The latter two were redesigned to offer visitors a new experience, opening a new food court and coworking space in the fuselage of a plane, in homage to Toulouse and its Cité de l’Espace. The two service areas now offer 35 charge points (of which 30 ultra-fast points), and a further 16 points will be added in 2027.
Between Orléans and Vierzon on the A71, the upgraded Coeur de Sologne area, inaugurated on 22 May 2025, offers a variety of services.
Over the past decade, two-thirds of service areas have been renovated.
This development positions the Frontonnais service areas as one of the leading electric charging hubs in the Occitanie region. High customer satisfaction levels and growth in consumption (up 30% on average) at these service areas confirm that the renovations carried out by VINCI Autoroutes align with user expectations. Since 2015, two-thirds of the network’s service areas have been fully renovated, while the remaining third is set to be upgraded by 2030. During the summer period, the #BienArriver (Arrive safely) campaign put on a number of fun and educational activities around holiday driving for travellers. During the seventh edition of the “Lire, c’est voyager; voyager, c’est lire” (Reading takes you places! Go places with reading.) campaign, supported by Lilia Hassaine, 25,000 books from the Folio collection were given away, and open-air libraries were deployed at 13 service areas.
Fourteen VINCI Autoroutes service areas hosted activities for the #BienArriver (Arrive safely) campaign between 4 July and 9 August 2025.
Author and journalist Lilia Hassaine supported this year’s edition of the “Lire, c’est voyager; voyager, c’est lire” (Reading takes you places! Go places with reading.) campaign.
Environmental footprint of operations
VINCI Autoroutes has pledged to reduce the CO2 emissions generated by its operations (Scopes 1 and 2) by 67% by 2030. At end-2025, the division was ahead of schedule on this target, having cut its foot-print by 72% compared with 2018 levels. Measures have mainly focused on the two most significant sources of direct emissions: its vehicle fleet (88% of its light and utility vehicles and 52% of company vehicles were powered by low-carbon energy at end-2025) and network lighting (a comprehensive programme to roll out LED lighting, which is 76% complete). Moreover, VINCI Autoroutes recycles or reuses 95% of the waste generated by its activities either as raw materials or as energy, by developing recycling streams for each type of waste. The ongoing programme to upgrade service areas aligns with the target to reduce indirect emissions from retail facilities by 20% by 2030. Collaboration with sub-concession companies also helps reduce waste production, improve waste separation and increase recovery rates, supported by campaigns carried out by the VINCI Autoroutes Foundation to raise user awareness about environmentally friendly behaviours.