Rijkswaterstaat, the government agency responsible for the design, construction, management and maintenance of the Netherlands’ main physical infrastructure, intends to award the A16 motorway project to De Groene Boog consortium.
The consortium partners — BESIX Group, Dura Vermeer Groep, Van Oord PPP, John Laing Investments Limited, RebelValley and TBI PPP — will be responsible for designing, building and pre-financing the project.
The consortium will also be responsible for a 20-year maintenance period. Construction is expected to start in early 2019. Work on the A16 will be completed in 2024.
Three different consortia submitted tenders in early 2018.
Rijkswaterstaat selected the consortium’s tender because it offered good value for money, also known as the “most economically advantageous tender” (MEAT). The MEAT approach makes better use of the innovative power and creativity of the market. Rijkswaterstaat assessed the various tenders on such criteria as sustainability, risk management and nuisance reduction.
The motorway will be located along the northeast periphery of Rotterdam and will link to the N471, Ankie Verbeek-Ohrlaan and Terbregseplein. The route will cut through Lage Bergse Bos, where a semi-immersed tunnel will be constructed. The road will be incorporated into the landscape as effectively as possible and will be energy-neutral for 20 years.
