Summary sheet
The project will finance the design, cnstruction, financing, operation and maintenance of the A49 motorway section (31 km long) between the junction Schwalmstadt and the junction Ohmtal-Dreieck, in the German State of Hessen. The project, part of a larger programme to improve German motorways, is to be procured through an availability-based public-private partnership (PPP) model under the German V-Modell (A-Model) scheme for a period of 30 years including construction.
The aim is to improve traffic conditions as well as connectivity across Hessen, by increasing capacity on a congested section of the German and European road network.
The project falls under Annex I of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive 2011/92/EC, as amended by Directive 2014/52/EU. The compliance of the project with the prescriptions of EIA Directive 2011/92/EU as amended by Directive 2014/52/EU, SEA Directive 2001/42/EC, Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC and Birds Directive 2009/147/EC will be reviewed at appraisal.
The promoter has to ensure that contracts for the implementation of the project have been/shall be tendered in accordance with the relevant applicable EU procurement legislation (Directives 2014/24/EC and/or 2014/25/EC as well as Directives 89/665/EEC and 92/13/EEC) as interpreted by the Court of Justice of the EU, with publication of tender notices in the EU Official Journal, as and where required.