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May 2012
The remaining bidders for the Eu170 million ($210.4 million) Livan tram project are still waiting on the announcement of a preferred bidder.
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VDoT has relaunched its $1.5-2 billion 460 road project with a third detailed request for proposals - this time for a design-build procurement with traffic and revenue risk taken on by a not-for-profit 6320 tax-exempt corporation and the state providing up to $500 million
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India’s Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has launched a new EPC model to be used for 30% of road projects in this financial year.
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The Ictas Insaat Sanayi Ticaret (IC)/Astaldi consortium has been named preferred bidder for the $2.5 billion 3rd Bosphorus Bridge project - part of the $5 billion North Marmara Highway project.
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Vinci Concessions and Ringway have been appointed preferred bidder for the Isle of Wight Highways PFI.
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The Court of Appeal for England and Wales has said it will hear BAA’s appeal against a ruling that it must sell Stansted airport.
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IRB Infrastructure Developers has been named as preferred bidder for the Rs24 billion ($422 million) NH-17 Goa/Karnataka Border to Kundapur
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The Russian Ministry of Finance has approved a financing plan for the high speed rail link between Moscow and St Petersburg
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The city of Brussels has launched a request for proposals for a PPP concession for the renovation of an existing tunnel in the city
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The city of Edmonton, Alberta, has approved the use of a PPP concession to procure the C$1.8 billion ($1.75 billion) south-east light rail transit project
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The Indiana Finance Authority has approved a resolution offering a $755 million private activity bond allocation to the eventual winner of the East End Crossing
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KfW IPEX-Bank has committed Eu32 million ($40 million) in loans to the Istanbul Metropolitan Authority to purchase signalling equipment from Sweden and German for a new line - Uskudar–Umraniye–Cekmekoy - on the Anatolian side of the city.
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The long-term facility supporting Adani’s acquisition of the Abbot Point coal terminal in Australia drummed up considerable bank appetite, and did not feature the Adani guarantee of the original bridge loan.
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Europe’s governments are under pressure to sell key infrastructure assets, and recent utility asset sales suggest that buyer appetite is there. But lender support is patchy, and governments are reluctant to move quickly. By Antony Collins.
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Cintra and SNC Lavalin have closed the C$871.4 million ($850 million) bank and bond financing for the 407E extension PPP in Ontario.
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Interlink Roads is set to close in June on a A$733 million ($714 million) refinancing and construction financing for the M5 South West expansion
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Barclays Capital has launched a R650 million ($320 million) bond refinancing and capital expenditure financing for Ascendi and Bertin's Concessiona´ria Rodovias do Tiete
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Ecuador's Manta port authority, APM, has launched the tender for the 25-year concession to expand and operate the port
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A consortium of FIGG Bridge Companies, Lane Construction and American Infrastructure MLP Funds has signed an agreement in principle to build a $250 million toll bridge over the Indiana Harbor Canal
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The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners has approved the $649.5 million design-build contract to replace the Gerald Desmond Bridge
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Autostrade and BIIS, the sponsors of the BreBeMi motorway toll concession, are on course to close financing by the middle of this year
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The project company for the Eu585 million ($745.4 million) AP-41 Madrid-Toledo toll road has filed for bankruptcy protection
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Denver's Regional Transportation District has issued a request for proposals on a design-build-finance contract for the I-225 light rail
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Proparco is providing an Eu15 million ($19.5 million) 15 year loan to AERIA, operator of Houphouet-Boigny Airport in Abidjan
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Bids have been received for the first road PPP in the western Balkans.
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Qualification documents have been submitted for the C$3 billion ($3.01 billion) Turcot Interchange Project in Quebec
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The US state of Georgia has launched a new procurement process for the Northwest Corridor managed lanes project as a design-build-finance contract.
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The state of New York will not use a PPP for the replacement of the Tappan Zee bridge.
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The two bidders for the Canal Seine-Nord water transport project are entering the final phase of competitive dialogue
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CIBC and National Bank have priced the C$535 million bond financing for the Anthony Henday NE PPP.
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Five of the six pre-qualifiers for the Rs88 billion ($1.64 billion) Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link PPP project have been shortlisted by the MMRDA.
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The city of Brussels is expected to launch a request for proposals shortly for a PPP concession for the renovation of an existing tunnel
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The Indonesian government is finally putting in place compulsory purchase regulation, the lack of which to date has hindered the development of the infrastructure market
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The Spanish regional government of Castile–La Mancha is still falling behind on its shadow toll payments
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The Port of Long Beach and California Department of Transportation has named a joint venture of Shimmick, FCC and Impregilo best-value proposer on the Gerald Desmond bridge
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SteelRiver Infrastructure Partners will wait for the conclusion of a regulatory review of its acquisition of Patriot Rail
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Concessionarie Autostrade di Piedmontese is expected to formally award the Gavio group the concession for the Pedemontana Piemontese real toll project
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The sponsors of the Milan Metro 5 project are negotiating with the municipality of Milan over an extension of the existing line and a refinancing of the debt for the original
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The sponsors of the $600 million Panama Colon Container Port are likely to approach outside equity investors to recycle their funding commitments
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The Mexican state of Puebla has canceled OHL's concession for a northern bypass
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The bookrunners for the C$535 million ($533 million) bond financing for Capital City Link General Partnership are pitching pricing for the bonds
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Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) aims to close the financing for its acquisition of Edinburgh Airport by the end of the month
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The financing for Macquarie and Skanska's Elizabeth River Crossings asked lenders to take on traffic risk on a tunnel construction PPP.
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The bond financing for the upgrade of Paita port was structured around a combination of demand and construction risk.
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Five banks – Bankia, BBVA, Caixabank, Deutsche (facility agent) and Societe Generale – are in place to fund an 8.5 year, Eu345 million ($454 million) loan to the Venezuelan Ministry of Finance for the Caracas Metro extension
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The three shortlisted bidders for the Eu150 million ($196 million) N33 PPP project are still negotiating with the authorities about a potential institutional investor tranche
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The regional governments of Brussels, Flanders and Wallonia are planning on launching a joint tender for a toll collect system for heavy goods vehicles in early 2013
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Centro has named Balfour Beatty as preferred bidder to build the infrastructure for the Midland Metro Extension project in the UK.
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The transport authority for the Perm Krai government plans to issue the tender for the RUB20 billion ($678 million) Perm Eastern bypass project in July
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The Puerto Rico Public Private Partnerships Authority and Port Authority have shortlisted two consortiums for the final round of bids on the 40- to 50-year concession of Luis Munoz Airport.
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The Texas Transportation Commission has authorised the Texas Department of Transportation to issue a request for qualifications for a PPP contract for the state's SH-288
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The AdR bank refinancing is designed to alleviate rating agency pressure and give its shareholders time to close a bond refinancing. But tariff negotiations are dragging on.
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The Finnish Transport Authority is considering procuring its next stretch of the E18 as a PPP concession.
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CIBC and National Bank Financial have launched the C$535 million bond financing for Canadian PPP project company Capital City Link General Partnership
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Kazakh railway operator Eastcomtrans is expanding its BNP Paribas-arranged $100 million April 2011 loan - which financed the acquisition of 1,000 new Ukrainian freight wagons - with a top-up financing of up to $120 million.