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500 construction jobs are to be created due to the construction of new motorway service areas along the M1 and M4.
Two
of the service areas will be located on the M1 - at Castlebellingham,
Co Louth and at Lusk Co Dublin - and one on the M4 at Enfield Co
Kildare.
The total cost of the projects is €47m.
The
National Roads Authority (NRA) has signed a PPP contract with the
Superstop consortium to build three motorway service areas. The
consortium condists of the Irish companies, Applegreen, TOP Oil, and
Pierse Contracting.
Construction, which begins this month, is
expected to take just over a year with all three service areas
anticipated to open before the end of next year.
Each of the
service areas will provide facilities on either side of the motorway
and at each location there will be a restaurant, convenience shop,
toilet and shower facilities, fuel, and dedicated parking for HGV’s.
Additionally, there will be child play areas, picnic areas and tourism information.
The
contract with the Superstop Consortium is a 25 year concession
agreement which includes the construction, maintenance and operation of
the facilities.
The contract also provides for a sharing of the revenues generated from the service areas to go back to the state.
Bank of Ireland will provide €70m to Superstop to finance construction.
However,
plans to have an additional 12 service areas on the five inter-urban
motorways by 2011 will be delayed. The NRA said they would be built
when finances allowed.
Source: irishconstruction.com
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