ASF - 2002 annual report - Vinci

lities in this area will lead to substantial
savings;
- the development of performance
indicators internal to the operational
services in order to provide better
guidance and evaluate more
effectively the quality of the service
provided and the efficiency of the
means used.
■ Setting up growth vehicles
In the years to come, ASF will be
faced with new challenges: resulting
from the reduction in our construction
programme and the appearance
of new challenges to be confronted
in respect of our customers. To
manage them, the Group is setting
up new growth vehicles with the aim
of gradually developing its business,
while respecting the financial objectives
of 2005, by diversifying into related
specialities and undertaking a
cautious internationalization by
upgrading the know-how of its
teams and creating value for its shareholders.
2002 saw the first materialization
of ASF’s development projects
abroad with the signature of a partnership
agreement with Bouygues
Construction for the Highway 2000
motorway in Jamaica, in which the
company acquired a 34% interest in
the capital of the concession holding
company and a 51% interest in the
capital of the operating company.
ASF is now involved in the initial
phase of this project, i.e. 44 km between
Kingston and Sandy Bay;
Strategy
relying on the present
the first 13 kilometres will be brought
into service in the summer of 2003.
Financial year 2002 also saw the creation
of the GIE Autoroutes Trafic. In
2000, the ASF Group had set up a
traffic web platform presenting traffic
information and itinerary driving
times in real time. It was later joined
by SAPRR and SAPN in 2001, and
AREA and SANET in 2002. This 5company
federation led to the creation
of a GIE in October 2002 which
collects, processes and commercialises
traffic information on the networks
of these various motorway
companies. Today the ASF Group
holds 36.5% of the GIE’s capital.
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