Autostrade, what the Aspi industrial plan foresees
All the details on Autostrade per l'Italia's new business plan.
New structure for Autostrade per l'Italia. The new 2020-2023 plan aims to make the motorway concession company an integrated mobility operator. All the details.
NEWS FROM AUTOSTRADE
Let's start with the transformation. "There is a new vision of the company that is acquiring the skills to cover the life cycle of the infrastructure", said the CEO of Aspi, Roberto Tomasi, recalling that the new business strategy will be able to count on four new companies subsidiaries: Tecne, which deals with engineering and construction; Autostrade Tech to consolidate its leadership in technological solutions and innovative systems; the new Pavimental to create a player of excellence in construction; Free to Xperience, a newly established company dedicated to the development of advanced services for travelers.
ASPI: MOBILITY MANAGER
Aspi, thus, wants to be “a mobility manager and not just a concession manager”. The company begins a "new course" to "turn the page after the tragedy of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa", exploiting the need for renewal of the road infrastructure.
The company envisages “integrated management of the life cycle of mobility infrastructures (research, engineering, construction, operation, maintenance); the offer of innovative services to travelers, even beyond motorways; innovation and research applied to engineering for the transformation into a 'smart' infrastructure; sustainability at the heart of creating value ".
INVESTMENTS
To achieve its objectives, Autostrada has invested up to 6.1 billion euros by 2024, + 110% compared to the previous 2015-2019 plan. Of these, 2.5 billion will be spent on maintenance (60% more).
MAINTENANCE
And on the maintenance front, the company promised "a great effort". “We have spent 650 million euros on maintenance of the motorway network in 2020 and we will spend over 600 million in 2021”, assured Tomasi. In one year, according to the company, there were 19,000 more inspections of bridges, viaducts, flyovers and tunnels. A digital mapping program of the Network (Argo) was also launched in 2020.
TOWARDS DIGITIZATION
The plan also includes 170-200 million euros of investments, in 2021-2023, for the digitalization of the company, with Aspi aiming at a “data-driven, secure, fast, transparent”.
2,900 RECRUITMENTS
News also on the hiring front. Aspi expects up to 2,900 new hires also by 2024. We expect “a high focus of recruitment on Stem resources to meet the needs of the technical areas and 'upskilling' requirements driven by Digital Transformation; strengthening of gender diversity as a strategic development action ".
HIGHWAYS AND ELECTRIC MOBILITY
Autostrade also looks to electric mobility . The company is planning to build the largest Italian charging network for electric vehicles in the motorway sector. "The first two stations will be active from February, we are starting all requests for 134 new charging points in these days," said Tommasi. "We are very careful on the electrical infrastructure part because we believe that today we must infrastructure by putting the best possible solution".
THE NEW COMPANY STRUCTURE
Not just an industrial plan. Aspi continues negotiations to define the new shareholding structure. Negotiations are underway with the consortium formed by Cdp and the foreign funds Blackstone and Macquarie. Atlantia's ordinary board of directors is set for tomorrow, in which negotiations will be examined. A decision will be made by January 31: by that date, Cdp and shareholders have indicated to close the technical and financial due diligence.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/smartcity/autostrade-che-cosa-prevede-il-piano-industriale-di-aspi/ on Fri, 22 Jan 2021 07:55:47 +0000.