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407 ETR, M6 TOLL, Skyway, M1, M4, M5, Warnow Tunnel Traffic June 2005 Vasco Da Gama, 25th April Bridge Traffic May 2005

05 July 2005

Macquarie Infrastructure Group (MIG), today announced details of traffic use for:

  • 407 ETR in Canada
  • M6 Toll in United Kingdom
  • Skyway in United States
  • Eastern Distributor (M1) in Australia
  • M4 in Australia
  • M5 in Australia
  • Warnow Tunnel in Germany
  • Vasco da Gama in Portugal (May)
  • 25th April Bridge in Portugal (May)

Due to restrictions imposed by a number of legal agreements dealing with the 407 ETR, only monthly statistics on Average Workday Traffic, Average Daily Traffic and Total Vehicle Kilometres Travelled can be released.  More detailed statistics on the 407 ETR are released quarterly.

Similarly, traffic data for Warnow Tunnel, Vasco da Gama and 25th April Bridge is restricted to Average Daily Traffic (ADT) for the month.

MIG currently owns:

  • 30% of the equity in 407 International Inc, the owner of the concession for the 407 ETR toll road in Toronto;
  • 100% of the equity in Midland Expressway Limited, the owner of the concession for the M6 Toll in Birmingham;
  • 45% of the equity in Skyway Concession Company LLC, the owner of the concession for the Skyway in Chicago, Illinois;
  • 71.35% of the equity in the Airport Motorway Group, the owner of the concession for the Eastern Distributor (M1) in Sydney;
  • 50.6% of the ordinary equity in Statewide Roads Limited, the owner of the concession for the M4 toll road in Sydney;
  • 50% of the equity in Interlink Roads Pty Limited, the owner of the concession for the M5 toll road in Sydney;
  • 70% of the equity in Warnowquerung GMBH & Co. KG, the owner of the concession for the Warnow River Crossing in Rostock, Germany; and
  • 30.6% of the equity in Lusoponte, the owner of the concession for the Vasco da Gama & 25th April Bridges in Lisbon, Portugal.

Please note that June 2005 had the same number of workdays as June 2004.

407 International Inc - 407 ETR

Table 1: 407ETR

Category

May
2004

June
2004

May
2005

June
2005

June 2005 % change on pcp

Vehicle kms Travelled (m)
160,964
178.008
178,772
193,936
8.9%
Average Workday Trips
337,444
351,314
357,957
377,248
7.4%

Average Daily Trips

267,290
299,209
290,272
321,523
7.5%

Please not that 407 ETR achieved a record traffic day on Thursday 30 June 2005 of 413,687 trips.

Midland Expressway Limited - M6 Toll

Table 2: M6 Toll

 Category

May
2004

June
2004

May
2005

June
2005

June 2005 % change on pcp

 Revenue

 Ave. Daily Revenue (£)
77,206
87,873
116,699
128,730
46.5%

 Traffic

 Workdays
46,921
50,414
50,365
48,544
(3.7%)
 Weekends/ Public Hols
36,436
41,311
36,020
36,474
(11.1%)
 All Days
42,862
47,986
45,274
45,325
(5.5%)

Please note that tolls on the M6 Toll were increased on 14 June 2005. Average daily traffic (all days) for two weeks prior to the toll increase (i.e. 31 May 2005 to 13 June 2005) was 45,928. Average daily traffic for the two weeks following the toll increase (i.e. 14 June 2005 to 27 June 2005) was 44,712.

Skyway Concession Company LLC – Skyway

Table 3: Skyway

 Category

May
2004

June
2004

May
2005

June
2005

June 2005 % change on pcp

 Traffic

 Workdays
49,996
52,411
48,635
51,854
(1.1%)
 Weekends/ Public Hols
49,798
53,758
51,883
54,518
1.4%
 All Days
49,926
52,770
49,682
52,564
(0.4%)
 Non-cash Transactions
NA
NA
NA
12%
NA

Average daily revenue for June 2005 was not available at the time of this release due to the 4th of July holiday in the United States.

Please note that Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) was implemented at the Skyway toll plaza on 16 June 2005. Since implementation, 23% of all transactions have been via ETC.

Airport Motorway Group - M1

Table 4: Eastern Distributor (M1)

 Category

May
2004

June
2004

May
2005

June
2005

June 2005 % change on pcp

 Revenue

 Ave Daily Revenue1 (A$)

152,799

151,235

160,375

157,091

3.9%

 Traffic

 Workdays

44,637

44,835

46,769

46,582

3.9%

 Weekends/ Public Hols

32,741

30,201

33,181

31,040

2.8%

 All Days

40,799

40,445

42,761

41,919

3.6%

 Non-cash Transactions

57%

58%

63%

64%

+6%

1. Please note that tolls only apply to northbound traffic.

Statewide Roads – M4

Table 5: M4

 Category

May
2004

June
2004

May
2005

June
2005

June 2005 % change on pcp

 Revenue

 Ave Daily Revenue (A$)
220,408
214,750
228,836
223,868
4.2%

 Traffic

 Workdays
110,282
108,543
113,728
113,157
4.3%
 Weekends/ Public Hols
84,019
77,113
86,218
80,823
4.8%
 All Days
101,810
99,114
105,741
103,457
4.4%
 Non-cash Transactions
60%
61%
64%
64%
+3%

Interlink Roads - M5

Table 6: M5

 Category

May
2004

June
2004

May
2005

June
2005

June 2005 % change on pcp

 Revenue

 Ave Daily Revenue (A$)
333,187
330,564
344,831
339,664
2.8%

 Traffic

 Workdays
110,755
110,718
113,867
113,405
2.4%
 Weekends/ Public Hols
88,987
84,734
90,862
87,189
2.9%
 All Days
103,733
102,923
107,188
105,540
2.5%
 Non-cash Transactions
71%
72%
74%
74%
+2%

Warnowquerung GMBH & Co - Warnow Tunnel

Table 7: Warnow Tunnel

 Category

May
2004

June
2004

May
2005

June
2005

June 2005 % change on pcp

 Traffic

 All Days
7,870
7,878
9,017
9,122
15.8%

Lusoponte - Vasco da Gama

Table 8: Vasco da Gama

 Category

April
2004

May
2004

April
2005

May
2005

May 2005 % change on pcp

 Traffic

 All Days – Total traffic
67,957
67,392
66,572
67,555
0.2%
 All Days – Northbound1
32,439
32,568
32,097
32,736
0.5%

1 Please note that tolls only apply to northbound traffic.

Lusoponte - 25th April Bridge

Table 9: 25th April Bridge

 Category

April
2004

May
2004

April
2005

May
2005

May 2005 % change on pcp

 Traffic

 All Days – Total traffic
155,036
159,195
157,002
159,831
0.4%
 All Days – Northbound1
78,302
80,363
79,097
80,757
0.5%

1 Please note that tolls only apply to northbound traffic.

For further information contact:

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Peter Johnston
Head of Investor Relations
Mobile: (61) 413 994055
Email: peter.johnston@macquarie.com


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Jane Rotsey
Public Affairs Manager
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Email: jane.rotsey@macquarie.com


Investor Enquiries
Bianca Francis
Investor Relations Manager
Tel: 61 2 8232 5007
Email: bianca.francis@macquarie.com


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