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February 2012
The losing bidder for the Milan Metro Line 4 PPP project in Italy, the Condotte, Pizzarotti and RATP consortium, is launching a second appeal against the award of the Milan Metro Line 4
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Chris Heathcote has been named global head of project finance debt at Lloyds Bank
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The Belgian Building Agency has issued a tender for a contract to design, build, finance and maintain a new prison in the Haran suburb of Brussels
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The two consortiums that are preferred bidders on the R4 Ghent road PPP are aiming to reach close on February 7
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The New Zealand government is set to mandate a financial adviser by the end of the month to help evaluate whether a public-private partnership would be the most appropriate method for rebuilding Christchurch hospital
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A fund managed by UK-based private equity firm 3i has agreed to pay $61 million for 49% of a holding company for four toll road projects developed by Supreme Infrastructure India
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The Waterloo Region has selected a 30-year design-build-finance-operate-maintain procurement structure for its C$818 million ($819.6 million) light rail stage one project in Ontario.
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The UK Treasury has approved £129 million ($205 million) in PFI credits for the Avon & Somerset Police Authority and Constabulary PFI
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January 2012
The Puerto Rico PPP Authority and Puerto Rico Juvenile Institutions Administration have unveiled plans for a long-term design-build-finance-maintain juvenile detention centre concession
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The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has released a notice of intent seeking a design-build contractor for its half of the $2.6 billion Ohio River Bridges project
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The Maryland Transportation Authority has awarded Areas USA its 35-year travel plazas concession.
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Canadian fund manager Fengate Capital has closed two new infrastructure investment funds.
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A Mexican appeals court has ordered the cancellation of the 32-year Lazaro Cardenas container terminal phase two concession in Michoacán state.
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Texas Department of Transportation has released a request for qualifications for the $4.7 billion I-35E expansion project.
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The Virginia Department of Transportation has released a request for information for a transportation operations centre concession
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The Scottish Futures Trust and Scotland's West Territory hub programme board have awarded the WellSpring Partnership consortium the Western hub
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Invepar subsidiary Linha Amarela has closed a R180 million ($102.4 million) unsecured bond issue
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The city of Sacramento has released a request for qualifications for an up to 50-year lease of its downtown parking assets
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The North Carolina Turnpike Authority plans to reach financial close and begin construction of the $850 million Mid-Currituck bridge project by the end of the year
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The lead banks on the LGV Tours-Bordeaux high-speed rail PPP are likely to launch a formal syndication
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Lawsuits from Colorado's town of Superior and city of Golden have delayed commercial and financial close on Isolux Corsan’s $212 million Jefferson Parkway
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The Missouri Department of Transportation plans to convert 314km of I-70 through the state into a toll road under a long-term concession structure
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Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine and Infrastructure Quebec have received four technical proposals
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The John Laing Infrastructure Fund has paid £30.5 million to buy stakes in three social housing projects from United House Group.
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The Indiana Finance Authority is leaning towards using an availability-based concession for its half of the $2.6 billion Ohio River bridges project
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MEDDTL has named Vinci Concessions preferred bidder for the A355
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Irish transport minister Leo Varadkar has approved funding for the Eu180 million ($228.1 million) N11 Arklow-Rathnew road
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Autopista de Costa Calida (AUCOSTA), the project company the Cartagena-Vera toll road, is trying to negotiate a restructuring
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Spanish concession company Autovia de los Vin~edos made its December debt payment without having to draw on its debt service reserve
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Portugal's Ministry of Finance has issued a tender to hire audit and consulting advisers to help it estimate the state's primary and contingent liabilities under the country's PPP programme
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Reseau Ferre de France (RFF) has formally named Bouygues preferred bidder on the Eu1.6 billion ($2 billion) Nimes-Montpellier high-speed rail PPP
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Hull City Council has issued a request for qualifications on its £45 million ($69 million) extra care housing PFI project.
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The Uganda Police Force has named the Ahadi consortium preferred bidder for three packages of its serviced accommodation and commercial facilities PPP
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BAM PPP/Vinci, Bilfinger Berger, Hochtief and Strabag are likely to bid for the A7 road concession
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The four prequalified bidders on the Marseilles L2 road PPP - Vinci, Bouygues/Egis/Spie Batignolles/Meridiam, Eiffage and Fayat - have submitted the latest round of bids
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The Indonesian city of Bandar Lampung has issued a request for qualifications for a $100 million drinking water supply PPP
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Reseau Ferre de France (RFF) will formally name the preferred bidder for the Eu1.6 billion ($2 billion) Nimes-Montpellier high-speed rail PPP
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Compagnie Benjamin de Rothschild, NGE and OFI Infravia have approached the Luxembourg authorities to obtain regulatory approval for a new fund
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Bouygues is on course to close the financing for the Eu660 million ($844.4 million) Paris courthouse PPP
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Barclays European Infrastructure Fund II (90%) and GTM (10%), a subsidiary of Vinci, have closed the financing for a French military sports centre PPP.
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UPP has closed the financing for the University of Reading student accommodation PFI project.
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Bahrain-based property developer Nassej has signed an agreement with Bahrain's Ministry of Housing for a D208 million ($550 million) social housing PPP.
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Underwriters National Australia Bank and EDC have launched the A$940 million ($940 million) 10-year term loan backing Plenary Health Finance’s Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre
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The regional government of Andalucia's public works agency has awarded a consortium of Meridiam, Acciona, Cintra (Ferrovial), Detea, Montealto and Felipe Castellano the PPP concession for the section of the Almanzora highway
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Travis County, Texas, has selected Ernst & Young as adviser for its proposed $300 million civil and family courthouse public-private partnership
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Barclays Integrated Infrastructure Fund has paid Skanska £3 million for 50% of the Midlothian schools PFI concession.
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Via-Invest, the joint venture between Participatie Maatschappij Vlaanderen (51%) and the Agency for Roads and Traffic and the Department of Transport and Public Works (49%), is expected to confirm the preferred bidder for the financing of the R4 Ghent within the next seven days.