Atlas Arteria (), formerly known as Macquarie Atlas Roads, is one of the world's largest developers and operators of private
toll road
A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road for which a fee (or ''Toll (fee), toll'') is assessed for passage. It is a form of road pricing typically implemented to help recoup the costs of road construction and ...
s.
Intoll demerger
Macquarie Infrastructure Group (MIG) had a portfolio of 11 toll roads across seven countries including
Australia
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. MIG had previously in June 2006 spun off Sydney Roads Group which included its stake in three
Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...
toll roads, namely
M4 Western Motorway
The M4 motorway is a series of partially Road pricing, tolled dual carriageway motorways in Sydney designated as route M4. The M4 designation is part of the wider A4/M4 (Sydney), A4 and M4 route designation, the M4 runs parallel and/or below ...
(50.61%),
M5 South-West Motorway (50%) and
Eastern Distributor
The Eastern Distributor is a motorway in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Part of the M1 and the Sydney Orbital Network, the motorway links the Sydney central business district with the south-east and Sydney Airport. The Eastern Distribut ...
(71.35%). Sydney Roads Group was sold to
Transurban
Transurban is an Australian, multinational road operations company and one of the world's largest toll road operators. Transurban, either independently or through financial consortiums, manage and develops urban toll road networks across Austr ...
in April 2007.
In February 2010 MIG underwent a restructure into two separately listed companies; Intoll and Macquarie Atlas. Whilst Macquarie Atlas continues to be managed by Macquarie, Intoll is internally managed. Murray Bleach is the chief executive officer of Intoll. At the time, Intoll () owned and managed a 25% interest in the
Westlink M7 in western Sydney, Australia and a 30% interest in the 108 km-long
407 Express Toll Route in the
Greater Toronto Area
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of Canada. Intoll was acquired in full by
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) on 14 December 2010.
In 2018, Macquarie Atlas Roads changed its name to Atlas Arteria after an agreement with the Macquarie Group to bring management in-house.
in 2022, Atlas Arteria bought a $ 2bn stake in Chicago Skyway.
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