brisa auto estradas de portugal s.a. type sociedade an nima traded as euronext bri industry transportation construction founded 1972 headquarters s o domingos de rana portugal key people vasco de mello chairman and ceo services operation and maintenance of highways and toll roads electronic toll collection railway and airport operating concessions revenue 764.8 million 2010 1 operating income 673.7 million 2010 1 profit 778.5 million 2010 1 total assets 6.086 billion end 2010 1 total equity 1.893 billion end 2010 1 number of employees 2 670 end 2010 1 website www.brisa.pt portugal s a5 motorway operated by brisa brisa auto estradas de portugal s.a. 1 is portugal based international transportation company . the group s largest business area is highway management in which it is the largest concessionaire in its home country . founded in 1972 brisa also has operations in countries including the united states and the netherlands . since 2000 brisa s largest shareholder has been the investment company grupo jos de mello which owns over 30 % of its stock through subsidiaries . the spanish infrastructure company abertis holds around 15 % of the firm . the company is listed on the lisbon stock exchange and is a constituent of the benchmark psi 20 and euronext 100 indices . contents 1 operations 1.1 portugal 1.2 international 2 see also 3 references 4 external links operations edit portugal edit in portugal brisa exclusively operates the following motorways with a concession lasting until 2035 1 a1 auto estrada do norte a2 auto estrada do sul a3 auto estrada porto valen a 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 set bal montijo a13 auto estrada almeirim marateca a14 auto estrada figueira da foz coimbra norte brisa owns 50 % of auto estradas do atl ntico operator of the a8 and a15 motorways until 2028 ; 2 70 % of the brisal concession which is licensed to run the a17 road until 2034 ; and with a 45 % stake 1 heads the douro litoral consortium which will operate the a32 a41 and a43 motorways until 2034 . 3 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 itiner rios complementares trunk roads in the set bal area . 1 brisa also holds 15 % of the litoral oeste concession which covers 112 km of new and existing road around leiria . 1 both contracts were awarded through to 2038 . other major investments held by the company within portugal include 60 % 1 of the via verde electronic toll collection system also used in car parks and for other purposes ; 4 100 % of roadside assistance firm brisa assist ncia rodovi ria ; and 60 % of controlauto a chain of outlets offering vehicle inspection services . 5 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 . 6 brisa along with mota engil also heads the asterion consortium which intends to bid for control of the portuguese airport authority ana should it be privatised by the government ; and with it the right to construct and operate the proposed replacement for lisbon s international airport in alcochete . 7 international edit brisa has led the operation of colorado s northwest parkway since 2007 in the united states brisa holds 100 % 1 of the operation of the northwest parkway toll road near denver colorado since 2007 . 8 in 2007 the firm purchased 30 % of movenience the electronic toll collection system used in the western scheldt tunnel in the dutch province of zeeland ; 9 this stake was increased to 40 % in 2010 . 1 brisa s 16.3 % holding in brazilian peer companhia de concess es rodovi rias ccr was sold in june 2010 . 10 see also edit transport in portugal references edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m n annual report 2010 pdf . brisa . retrieved 24 july 2011 . gleave jonathan 30 march 2007 . brisa confirms acquisition of 40 pct of aea approved by portugal govt . afx news . forbes . archived from the original on 1 december 2011 . retrieved 26 december 2009 . laxmidas chico 2 november 2007 . brisa consortium awarded 987 mln eur douro litoral motorway concession . afx news . forbes . archived from the original on 1 december 2011 . retrieved 26 december 2009 . gleave jonathan 14 june 2007 . brisa s via verde mulls listing . afx news . forbes . archived from the original on 1 december 2011 . retrieved 26 december 2009 . lorenz sarah ruth 2006 . brisa auto estradas de portugal s.a. . international directory of company histories . gale group . retrieved 26 december 2009 . brisa group wins spain portugal line bid . agence france presse . france 24 . 12 december 2009 . retrieved 26 december 2009 . tavares elisabete ; khalip andrei 7 april 2009 . all set for 3.3 bln euro lisbon airport tender . reuters . retrieved 26 december 2009 . reis anabela ; silver jim 31 may 2007 . brisa ccr win colorado road to invest 543 million . bloomberg . retrieved 26 december 2009 . gleave jonathan 21 june 2007 . brisa takes 30 pct stake in dutch electronic motorway toll venture . afx news . forbes . archived from the original on 1 december 2011 . retrieved 26 december 2009 . rua patricia ; brugge axel 23 june 2010 . brisa to pay off debt after ccr sale spokesman . reuters . retrieved 24 july 2011 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title brisa auto estradas de portugal & oldid 738387047 categories transport companies of portugalprivate road operators navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschespa ol fran aisitalianoportugu ssvenska edit links this page was last modified on 8 september 2016 at 17 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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