The Energy business line to work in three tunnels on the A89

30 June 2011 - New contracts - France

Following a call for tenders, ASF (VINCI Autoroutes) has entrusted the Energy business line, via its Cegelec GSS and VINCI Energies France Divisions, with the contract to equip the Violay, La Bussière and Chalosset tunnels, three twin-tube structures with two-lane unidirectional traffic located on the section of the A89 motorway currently under construction between Balbigny and La Tour-de-Salvagny, in central France. Teams from Cegelec Infrastructures & Mobility and GTIE Transport will supply the high- and low-voltage electrical installations, the lighting, fire protection, road signs and markings and ventilation, and the video surveillance and radiocommunications equipment. They will also be supplying the operational support and traffic management system, as well as the automatic controls for the three structures, which will be linked to the new Tarare Supervision PC.
Design and planning work is already under way; the works will start in November 2011, taking 18 months to complete. Total value: €42.7m.