2023 Essentials

Progress on projects

Anne-de-Bretagne bridge, Nantes

_ The other large-scale projects at the Civil Engineering France division included covering over the railway tracks in the Massena-Chevaleret district of Paris; L’Ariane, an energy-from-waste plant in Nice; the Lyon Part-Dieu multimodal transport hub; the Rhone canal overpass in Charmes-sur-Rhone; refurbishment of the Rondeau traffic interchange in the Grenoble area (Isère); transformation of the Anne-de-Bretagne bridge in Nantes into a vast promenade connecting the historic city centre and the Island of Nantes; renovation of the Saint-Jean railway station in Bordeaux; expansion of the GE Renewable Energy plant in Montoir-de-Bretagne (Loire-Atlantique) and construction of the Siemens Gamesa plant in Le Havre (Seine-Maritime), both to manufacture offshore wind turbines; the Lidl logistics hubs in Saint-Augustin (Pas-de-Calais) and Honguemare-Guenouville (Eure).

Eastern Roissy bypass

_ The Road France division’s roadworks and urban development business units took full advantage of their strong local roots and took on projects principally revolving around their core business. The largest ones spanned a wide range of markets: roads and motorways (widening of the A61 motorway, safety upgrades on the Route Centre Europe-Atlantique, eastern Roissy bypass); airports (Paris-Orly, Limoges in central France, the Cazaux air base south-west of Bordeaux); sites developed for the sports events in 2024 (athletes’ villages in Seine-Saint-Denis and Villeneuve-d’Ascq, international equestrian sports centre, BMX training track); urban regeneration projects (Mazenod neighbourhood in Marseille, Montargis city centre in north-central France, La-Teste-de-Buch water sports centre south of Bordeaux); logistics and industrial platforms (Armor Lux in Brittany and Equinix data centre in the Gironde region).