Eiffage, through its subsidiary Eiffage Concessions, in consortium with JOHANN BUNTE Bauunternehmung (50/50), were awarded on 17 February 2020 by Autobahndirektion Nordbayern, on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI), the contract for the public-private partnership (PPP) Biebelried-Fürth/Erlangen project, an approximatively 76 km long section of the A3 motorway in Germany.

The dedicated company A3 Nordbayern GmbH & Co. KG, specially created for the project will be in charge of the design, the widening from 4 lanes to 6 lanes, the operation and maintenance as well as the partial financing of these services over a period of 30 years. The operation and maintenance of the section from Fuchsberg to Geiselwind, which was conventionally expanded between 2016 and 2018, is also part of the PPP project.

In addition to the areas of track construction and landscaping, the project includes bridge and civil engineering, the conversion of eight junctions, the expansion of the Steigerwald tank and rest area on both sides, and the construction of three unmanaged, double-sided rest areas with toilet buildings.

Works will be carried out by a construction joint venture including Eiffage Infra-Bau and JOHANN BUNTE Bauunternehmung. Construction is scheduled to start May 2020 with completion of the motorway expected in November 2025. Specific phasing of the works is planned in order to reduce disturbance to the traffic during the works. The total construction volume is around EUR1.5 billion (USD 1.6 billion). Operation and maintenance will be provided by a joint venture of the same companies.

Concerning the environmental aspects, the project will include the protection of endangered species and the improvement of the existing noise protection system.

The A3 project is the largest motorway infrastructure PPP project in Germany to date.