VINCI Highways celebrates Regina bypass’ one-year anniversary
One year ago, the official opening of the bypass around Regina, capital of the province of Saskatchewan in Canada, heralded a new era of economic growth for the region’s export-based economy.
The massive greenfield project, the largest public-private infrastructure project ever conducted here, comprises 61-km of road, 12 interchanges and 33 bridges and viaducts. Operated by VINCI Highways and Eurovia subsidiary Carmacks until 2049, the bypass provides faster and safer access to the main trade corridors. In addition to contributing to a brighter economic future, the bypass means improved road safety, streamlined traffic, reduced congestion and greater efficiency for truckers, shippers and businesses.
Another positive impact is on the environmental side as it is estimated that the new ring road will contribute to a 1.5 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, thanks to a decrease of fuel consumption by nearly 300 million litres over 30 years.
Launched in 2015 and completed in just four years, the project successfully tackled three major challenges – working through the sometimes extreme hot and cold temperatures of the Canadian plains, delivering the road project on schedule in a remote region and coordinating the consortium of companies involved in the development plan. It well illustrates VINCI’s capacity to deliver large-scale projects on budget and on time while proposing the highest standards of quality, safety and technical innovations adapted to the harsh climate of Western Canada. It is also a concrete demonstration of the VINCI Group’s concession-construction business model, combining the expertise of various subsidiaries: VINCI Concessions and its subsidiary VINCI Highways for financing, project management, operation-maintenance and road services, Eurovia through its Canadian subsidiary Carmaks, VINCI Construction (Soletanche Freyssinet, VINCI Construction Terrassement) and VINCI Energies.
