Gradual resumption of work on the VINCI Autoroutes network

24 April 2020 - Projects update and handover - France

A9, A10, A61, A62… motorway widening and renovation projects are gradually picking up again on the VINCI Autoroutes network. Over the past several weeks, VINCI Autoroutes' project management teams have been working in coordination with all business units, project managers and health and safety coordinators on defining rules and procedures in response to the unprecedented context of the pandemic.

“In compliance with the guidelines on protecting workers’ health on open construction sites issued by the French organisation for health and safety in the building industry (OPPBTP), we have redesigned the organisation of our worksites to incorporate these strict health protection rules to allow our staff, whose health is our topmost priority, to work safely. In addition to these new requirements, which must be applied across our industry without fail, health and safety on sites are as much about a collectively agreed set of rules and procedures and a shared culture as they are about individual responsibility, which everyone must demonstrate. I therefore urge everyone to be vigilant and act responsibly! 
I would like to express my appreciation to all stakeholders in this process, and most notably our partners at Eurovia, who were determined to lead by example by reopening their jobsites”, said Pierre Coppey, Chairman of VINCI Autoroutes and Executive Vice-President of VINCI.