Milan, 16 July 2025 - Lane, Webuild Group's US subsidiary, has been awarded a new USD337 million (approximately EUR288 million, 100% Lane) project contract to design and build works to widen and modernize the Interstate 85 (I-85) in Gaston County, North Carolina, USA.  The awarding further strengthens the role of Lane and the Webuild Group to build complex infrastructure in North America, its second largest foreign reference market in revenue terms.  

Commissioned by the North Carolina Department of Transportation, the new project will involve approximately 16 kilometres (4.1 miles) of the I-85 between in the section between NC 7 (Exit 23) and east of NC 273 (Exit 27). Once finished, the works will ensure safer, more efficient connections for the entire region. Works, to be completed by 2029, will be carried out without suspending traffic and reducing interruptions along the highway corridor to the minimum.

The contract foresees widening the highway from six to eight lanes, the replacement or widening of six bridges and the reconstruction of two interchanges, with the aim of improving safety and traffic flow along one of the most strategic sections for commuters of the Charlotte metropolitan area. The contract also includes the improvement to intersection between Belmont Mount Holly Road and the US 29/74. 

The Webuild Group has been historically present in the USA. Webuild, with Lane, is currently building important infrastructure projects in the US, like the two twin Palisades tunnels to strengthen the railway connections of New York, the modernization of a section of the I-64 in Virginia and to widen the Seminole Expressway/SR 417 in Florida, where it is also working on the I-275/I-4 Downtown Tampa Interchange (DTI) project in Tampa, and on the interconnections between the I-4 and Sand Lake Road, and between the I-4 and the SR 535 in Orange County.