Wa are FCC - Nº16

FCC Construcción completes the financial closure of the A465 highway expansion project in Wales (United Kingdom) As part of the Future Valleys con- sortium in the United Kingdom, FCC has completed the financial closure of the project to widen sec - tions 5 and 6 of theA465 highway in Wales. Future Valleys has the parti- cipation of Meridiam, an internatio- nal investment fund, together with the Irish company Roadbridge and the Welsh company Alun Griffiths. The amount of the project is 653 million euros and it has a term that extends until May 2025. The project, developed under the PPP model, consists of the expan - sion of the A465 highway, in sec- tions 5 and 6, which have a length of 17.3 kilometres and are located between the towns of Dowlais Top, Merthyr Tydfil and Hirwaun. At pre - sent, these sections of the highway have only one roadway and intense traffic. The award of the project, which will complete the widening of the A465 freeway, is important for the impro- vement of mobility and connectivity in Wales, as well as for the revival of the local economy. The widening of the A465 represents a significant investment that will make it possible to generate a series of benefits for the local companies involved in the development of the work. This infrastructure is in addition to others recently awarded, such as the contract for the design, cons- truction and maintenance of a sec- tion of the A9 Badhoevedorp-Ho - lendrecht freeway, the company’s first contract in the Netherlands. The amount of the work is 653 million euros construction B U S I N E S S 18 B U S I N E S S