The National Roads Authority has confirmed the Celtic Roads Group Consortium as the preferred bidder for the M7/M8 Portlaoise motorway scheme
The consortium includes Dutch company BAM, NTR, Iridium and Dragados.
The contract includes the design, build, finance, toll operation and maintenance of around 41 kilometres of motorway, forming part of the Dublin-Limerick and Dublin-Cork routes.
The contract award is planned for summer 2007.