The share of privately managed road infrastructure throughout Western Europe is relatively high; the progress among these countries is unequally developed. While private concessionaires have been established in England, France, Spain, Finland, France, Italy and Portugal since the late 1950s,...

PRIVATISATION AND THE USE OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS(PPP) MODELS IN THE PROVISION OF ROAD AND HIGHWAYINFRASTRUCTURE HAS CONTINUOUSLY GAINED IN IMPORTANCEWORLDWIDE AND IN PARTICULAR IN EUROPE DURING THE LASTYEARS. TRADITIONALLY CONSIDERED AS A TYPICAL PUBLIC DOMAIN,MORE AND MORE OF THE TASKS...

The paper aims at revealing why institutions like public-private partnership (PPP) Task Forces have an impact on the realisation ofPPP projects and the achievement of Value for Money in PPPs. The paper is based on a survey looking at PPP frameworks in the internationalcontext. The need for a...

Traditional financing of the Autobahns (motorways) through taxationis reaching its limits. For years, the road infrastructure has been used until itwears out. The level of investment in the road network does not match increasingtraffic flows. Without private involvement and firmly earmarked...