ASF - 2002 annual report - Vinci

Constantly improving uninterrupted
To cope with the increase in traffic, while further improving driving and safety conditions
on its network, ASF continued its programme in 2002 of developing and maintaining
the network in service.
The Group also continued to develop new tools to deliver, in real time, the best news service
about traffic conditions over the whole of its network.
Extension of La Négresse toll station – A63
Widening the motorway to
reduce congestion in the
busiest areas
■ Since 1998, ASF and ESCOTA
have widened 68 km and 38 km
respectively of motorways in service
■ In 2002, ASF brought a third lane
into service between Leucate and
Perpignan (A9) in the direction
Spain-France, and undertook widening
work on the A62 between
St-Jory and Montauban.
Widening work is in progress
or scheduled on:
■ A61, between Toulouse and
Villefranche, where the work started in
September 2002 and which is scheduled
to be brought into service in June
2004;
■ A63, between Biriatou and
Ondres, from the Spanish border to
the north of Biarritz.
Widening surveys are continuing
of the sections which
will inevitably have to be
widened in the next ten years.
This is the case particularly on:
■ A61 between Villefranche and
Narbonne;
■ A68 and A62 between La Brède
and Langon;
■ A8 between Saint-Laurent-du-
Var and Nice/Saint-Augustin;
■ A9 between Perpignan and the
Spanish border.
Undertaking a review of the
operating conditions in the
Rhone valley
■ To anticipate the saturation of
the A7/A9 routes, various reviews
have been undertaken taking into
account the possibilities of various
methods of transport. In this perspective,
a major survey was carried
out end 2001, in collaboration with
the services of the Ministry of
In 2002… Additional investments on motorways in service (ICAS)
amounted to 132.8 million euros before tax while the so-called “major
repairs” construction sites thanks to an optimization of the work
management, fell by 5.3% to 76.9 million euros.