R35 connects the Bohemia and Moravia regions and runs parallel to the D1 motorway, the longest in the country.
Mott MacDonald will design a 5.8km section of the expressway, including three bridges, two interchanges, two roundabouts, four overpasses and one railway viaduct. One watercourse will also be relocated as part of the scheme.
The consultancy will also design 5.3km of road for the R55 expressway, which links the city of Olomouc to the town of Breclav. Works include seven bridges, two overpasses, a railway bridge, 15 retaining walls and six noise barriers, as well as the relocation of a bus stop.
“Our duties will include preparing the planning permit documentation for everything from preliminary designs for highways, bridges, retaining walls and drainage, to noise and dispersion studies and environment impact assessments,” said Jan Semerad, Mott MacDonald’s project director.
Design work will be finished by the end of the first quarter of 2016.
“These projects continue our substantial involvement in modernising the Czech Republic’s motorway network, as Mott MacDonald is also leading a joint venture that was recently appointed to modernise section 10 of the D1 motorway,” he said.
Mott MacDonald, an employee-owned company, in based near London, UK and has 16,000 employees globally. Turnover is around US$2 billion, coming projects in many sectora apart from transport infrastructure -- buildings, communications, mining, oil and gas, power, water and wastewater, as well as urban development.
The company recently completed an urban mobility study for the Kenyan capital city Nairobi, looking at transport options to support the city’s economic development under its Vision 2030 plan.
