Elefsina-Patras-Tsakona motorway
Client Ministry of Infrastructures, Transport and Networks
Capital expenditure EUR 2.2 billion
Contract period 30 years (including construction time, 2008 - 2038)
Shareholders Vinci S.A. (29,9%), HOCHTIEF Solutions (17%), Aktor Concessions S.A. (17%), J&P-Avax S.A. (17%), GEK Terna (17%), Athena S.A. (2,1%)
In 2007 the shareholders of the subsequently established Olympia Odos Concession Company won the public tender to plan,
finance, build/upgrade, operate and maintain the Elefsina–Patras old national highway, by conversion into a safe motorway. The
Elefsina–Patras Motorway with its total length of 201.5 kilometers links the capital of Athens with the northern and western part of the Peloponnesus peninsula, up to the regional metropolis Patras. The public-private partnership project forms part of the PATHE
Axis, has an investment volume of EUR 1.8 billion and a concession period of 30 years, during which tolls will be collected by the
Concessionaire's Operator Olympia Odos Operation S.A. until 2038.
Upon completion of major construction works under difficult conditions of continuous traffic flow, the Elefsina-Patras Motorway was handed over for full operations in April 2017. Further primary functions of Olympia Odos Operation S.A. are daily smooth operation of the motorway by traffic management, as well as routine and heavy maintenance works.
Designing the new motorway with 33 tunnels, 360 bridges and 110 road flyovers in this seismically very active region was a technical challenge in which our Engineering unit also played a key part. In addition to the bid design, approval planning and detailed design of the bridge structures, the focus was on design management and on geotechnical consultancy for the local project team.
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