Brisa – Auto-estradas de Portugal, S.A. is a

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

-based international

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company. The group's largest business area is

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management, in which it is the largest

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aire in its home country. Founded in 1972 by

Jorge de Brito Jorge Artur Rego de Brito ComIH ComM (7 November 1927 – 2 August 2006) was a Portuguese businessman, founder of Banco Intercontinental Português (BIP) and Brisa, who served as the 29th president of sports club S.L. Benfica, succeeding Jo� ...

, Brisa also has operations in countries including the

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and the

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. Since 2000 Brisa's largest shareholder has been the

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Grupo José de Mello José de Mello Group is a family-based and family-controlled Portuguese shareholder group. It is one of Portugal's largest corporate groups. The Group has its origin in Companhia União Fabril The Companhia União Fabril (CUF) was one of the larg ...

, which owns over 30% of its stock through subsidiaries. The Spanish infrastructure company

Abertis Abertis Infraestructuras, S.A. () is a Spanish worldwide corporation engaged in toll road management. Even though most of the toll roads it operates in Spain are in Catalonia, the company is headquartered in Madrid. The company runs over 8,600 k ...

holds around 15% of the firm. The company is listed on the

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and is a constituent of the benchmark

PSI-20 The PSI-20 (an acronym of Portuguese Stock Index) is a benchmark stock market index of companies that trade on Euronext Lisbon, the main stock exchange of Portugal. The index tracks the prices of the twenty listings with the largest market capi ...

and

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indices. Its current CEO is António Pires de Lima.

Operations

Portugal

In Portugal Brisa exclusively operates the following motorways with a concession lasting until 2035: *

A1 - Auto-estrada do Norte The A 1—Autoestrada do Norte—is the biggest and the most important highway in Portugal. It connects the two largest cities in Portugal, Lisbon and Porto, also passing by some district capitals and industrial zones. Being the most important con ...

A2 - Auto-estrada do Sul , map = Karte A2 PT.svg , map_notes = The A2 is highlighted in blue on this diagram of major highways in Portugal. The lower detail on the left shows the route taken by the A2 across the Tagus estuary on approaching Lisbon. , length_k ...

* A3 - Auto-estrada Porto/Valença * A4 - Auto-estrada Matosinhos/Amarante * A5 - Auto-estrada da Costa do Estoril * A6 - Auto-estrada Marateca/Caia * A9 - CREL - Circular Regional Exterior de Lisboa * A10 - Auto-estrada Bucelas/Carregado/IC3 * A12 - Auto-estrada Setúbal/Montijo * A13 - Auto-estrada Almeirim/Marateca * A14 - Auto-estrada Figueira da Foz/Coimbra Norte Brisa owns 50% of

Auto-Estradas do Atlântico Auto-Estradas do Atlântico, Concessões Rodoviárias de Portugal, S.A., is a highway management concessionaire in Portugal. Network Auto-Estradas do Atlântico operates two highways: * A8, from Lisbon to Leiria via Caldas da Rainha * A15 from ...

, operator of the A8 and A15 motorways until 2028; 70% of the Brisal concession, which is licensed to run the A17 road until 2034; and with a 45% stake heads the Douro Litoral

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which will operate the A32, A41 and A43 motorways until 2034. Two further tenders were awarded to consortia including Brisa in 2009. The firm leads the Auto-estradas do Baixo Tejo concession with a 30% stake, which includes construction, widening, operation and maintenance of motorways and ''Itinerários Complementares'' trunk roads in the

Setúbal Setúbal (, , ; cel-x-proto, Caetobrix) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2014 was 118,166, occupying an area of . The city itself had 89,303 inhabitants in 2001. It lies within the Lisbon metropolitan area. In the ti ...

area. Brisa also holds 15% of the Litoral Oeste concession, which covers 112 km of new and existing road around

Leiria Leiria (; cel-x-proto, ɸlāryo) is a city and municipality in the Central Region of Portugal. It is the 2nd largest city in that same region, with a municipality population of 128,640 (as of 2021) in an area of . It is the seat of its own distr ...

. Both contracts were awarded through to 2038. Other major investments held by the company within Portugal include 60% of the

Via Verde Freeway lane sign in the Portuguese A6 freeway/motorway (Marateca-Caia). The leftmost lane is for exclusive use by vehicles equipped with Via Verde tags. Via Verde lanes in the 25 April Bridge toll plaza, Almada. Via Verde (literally "Green ...

electronic toll collection system, also used in

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s and for other purposes; 100% of

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firm Brisa Assistência Rodoviária; and 60% of Controlauto, a chain of outlets offering

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services. The company has signalled its intent to diversify into other modes of transportation. In December 2009 a Brisa-led consortium was awarded a contract to construct the first stage of a high-speed rail link between Lisbon and Madrid by the Portuguese government, giving it a 40-year concession to operate the line within Portugal. Brisa, along with

Mota-Engil Mota-Engil is a Portugal, Portuguese group in the sectors of civil construction, public works, port operations, waste, water, and logistics. The chairman of the board of directors is António Mota and Gonçalo Moura Martins is the company's CEO. ...

, also heads the Asterion consortium which intends to bid for control of the Portuguese airport authority ANA should it be

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by the government; and with it the right to construct and operate the proposed replacement for Lisbon's international airport in

Alcochete Alcochete () is a municipality in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 17,569, in an area of 128.36 km². The municipality is composed of three parishes and is located in Setúbal District. Alcochete is known for its bullfighting tradition ...

International

In the United States, Brisa holds 100% of the operation of the

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near

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since 2007. In 2007 the firm purchased 30% of Movenience, the electronic toll collection system used in the

Western Scheldt Tunnel Western Scheldt Tunnel ( nl, Westerscheldetunnel, Westerscheldetunnel) is a tunnel in the Netherlands that carries highway N62 under the Western Scheldt estuary between Ellewoutsdijk and Terneuzen. It is the longest tunnel for highway traffic in ...

in the

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province of

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; this stake was increased to 40% in 2010. Brisa's 16.3% holding in Brazilian peer Companhia de Concessões Rodoviárias (CCR) was sold in June 2010.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brisa - Auto-estradas de Portugal Transport companies of Portugal Private road operators

Operations

Portugal

International

See also

References

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