The ViA6West consortium—made up of Hochtief PPP Solutions, DIF Infrastructure IV and Johann Bunte Bauunternehmung— has been awarded the contract to plan, finance, build, operate and maintain the A6 federal highway extension between the Wiesloch/Rauenberg intersection and the Weinsberg interchange in Baden-Württemberg. The partners will widen a 25.5 kilometer section of the road to six lanes without interrupting traffic and will refurbish the 1.3-kilometer Neckartal Bridge between Heilbronn/Untereisesheim and Neckarsulm. The project amounts to an investment of around €1.3bn. Construction accounts for around €600m of this total. After completion ViA6West will operate and maintain the full section of highway until 2046.
