Northern Corridor Toll Road Infrastructure Consortium

The Northern Corridor Toll Road Consortium is a consortium acquisition of concession rights across a 340km road corridor connecting three regional economic hubs. The deal structure targets blended returns through availability payments backed by government availability contracts and a traffic upside participation mechanism linked to commercial vehicle throughput.

Deal Overview

The target corridor has been operating under a legacy concession for 12 years with average daily traffic of 14,200 vehicles, growing at 6.8% annually. The concession restructuring creates an entry point at a demonstrated 18% discount to replacement cost — an asymmetric entry not available in greenfield infrastructure.

Key Terms

• Concession term — 25 years remaining from execution date, with a 10-year extension option subject to defined maintenance covenant compliance.
• Payment structure — 70% availability payments (sovereign-backed), 30% real-traffic tolling with annual CPI escalation.
• Target equity IRR — 16–19% base case, with upside scenario reaching 23% under 8%+ annual traffic growth.
• Consortium structure — 3 co-investors; Madad leading as managing partner with 35% equity interest and operational oversight responsibility.

“Availability payment structures fundamentally change the risk profile of toll road investments — you are underwriting government credit, not traffic forecasts.”

— Madad Infrastructure Committee, Q1 2026

Return Structure

The blended return structure is designed to deliver predictable cash yield from year 2 through availability payments, supplemented by compounding traffic upside in years 5–15 as regional trade volumes mature. The exit thesis is a secondary infrastructure fund sale at a 12–14x EBITDA multiple in year 10–12.

Risk Considerations

• Sovereign counterparty risk — mitigated by political risk insurance through MIGA and bilateral investment treaty protections in place.
• Maintenance capex risk — independent technical due diligence completed; pavement condition index confirms 7+ years of reduced capex requirement.
• Traffic ramp-up uncertainty — structural mitigation through the dominant availability payment weighting; traffic represents only 30% of base-case revenue.

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