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17/02/2016

Metro Line 2 won the PFI 2015 Americas, Deal of the Year award for its financing

The Metro de Lima Line 2 Consortium [Sociedad Concesionaria Metro de Lima Línea 2] won the PFI 2015, Americas, Deal of the Year award in the public-private partnership category for the finance secured to construct Line 2 of the Metro that will connect Lima and Callao, which will also include the branch line Av. Gambetta – Av. Faucett of the future Metro Line 4.

Metro Line 2 won the PFI 2015 Americas, Deal of the Year award for its financing

The awards ceremony was held in London where representatives of the companies that comprise the Consortium, which are Iridium Concesiones, Cosapi, FCC, Ansaldo STS, Ansaldo Breda and Salini Impregilo, as well as Fernando Valdez, the executive vice-president of Cosapi, received this prestigious recognition.

PFI (Project Finance International) is a financial publication of the Thomson Reuters group that specialises in global finance and its award is one of the most prestigious in the area.

Financing the project entailed completing the country's biggest ever financial operation in the international market for an infrastructure project.

The financing guarantees the funds to construct 35 kilometres of heavy underground metro between Ate and Callao, which, when inaugurated, will be able transport 660,000 passengers per day, a capacity which could double as demand increases.

ABOUT THE CONSORTIUM
The Metro de Lima Line 2 Consortium comprises companies including Iridium, FCC, Cosapi, Salini Impregilo, Ansaldo STS and Ansaldo Breda.
These companies have extensive experience in the design and construction of tunnels, trains and metros worldwide. They have constructed over 3,650 kilometres of tunnels around the world in works and concessions. They have also designed and constructed the trains and metros in Madrid, Barcelona, Ottawa, Rome, Milan, London, Copenhagen, Toronto, Doha and New York, among others.