By Mauro Orru

Vinci SA said Wednesday that it has been awarded a contract for lots N1 and N2 of HS2's main civil engineering works package in the U.K. in a 50:50 joint venture with U.K. builder Balfour Beatty PLC.

The French construction and infrastructure company said the joint venture was awarded the contract on April 1, with the two lots valued around 5.75 billion euros ($6.29 billion).

Vinci added that work should start in the summer of 2020 and last 74 months.

Write to Mauro Orru at mauro.orru@wsj.com; @MauroOrru94

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

April 15, 2020 02:49 ET (06:49 GMT)

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