Companhia de Concessoes Rodoviarias (CCR), Brazil's largest road concession operator in terms of revenue, announces its results for the 3rd quarter of 2009. Unless otherwise stated, all financial and operating data herein are presented on a consolidated basis in Reais (R$) pursuant to Brazilian Corporate Law and all comparisons refer to the 3Q08 and 9M08. Join discussion...

Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC (MIC: News ) said its net loss was $18.35 million or $0.41 per share versus a profit of $0.50 million or $0.01 per share in the year earlier quarter, primarily reflecting a net non-cash derivative-related loss of $21.4 million. On average, 3 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected earnings per share of $0.53 for the quarter Join discussion...

Spanish infrastructure and toll road operator Abertis beat forecasts with its growth in nine-month profits thanks to new income streams and said it could improve on those figures for the full year. Join discussion...

Third quarter revenues reached a record $707 million, with increases reported in each of the four operating segments due primarily to the recent acquisitions of Lockerbie & Hole and South Rock, both in Alberta. Gross margin (representing revenues less direct costs and expenses) increased from $68.7 million (12.8% of revenues) in the third quarter of 2008 to $76.2 million (10.8% of revenues) in the third quarter of 2009. Join discussion...

"Construction could have been a lot worse. Overall results were a bit better than expected at the operating level, largely thanks to a surprisingly good performance from airports," an analyst in Spain said. BAA and Cintra posted nine-month results broadly in line with forecasts on Wednesday and flagged steadying traffic at airports and highways. Join discussion...

Spanish toll road operator Cintra (CCIT.MC), controlled by Ferrovial (FER.MC), said the pace of decline in traffic on its main toll roads had slowed after posting a 3.4 percent fall in nine-month core earnings. The company said highway traffic remained weak but the decline slowed in the second and third quarters. One bright spot was an increase in users of its Chicago Skyway. Join discussion...

Macquarie Infrastructure Group has reported an improvement in traffic and revenue across its toll roads in Europe and North America from a low point earlier this year. MIG, which is heavily exposed to overly indebted toll roads in the US, today released figures showing a 1.6 per cent increase in traffic across its toll roads for the September quarter, compared with 0.6 per cent growth in the June quarter and a 6.4 per cent decline in the March quarter. Revenue increased on all of its major toll roads. Join discussion...

407 International Inc. announced today revenues of $156.6 million for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009 compared to $152.9 million for the same period of 2008. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA"(1)) totalled $128.3 million for the third quarter of 2009 compared with $125.7 million for the same period of 2008. The Company reported net income of $12.9 million for the third quarter of 2009 compared with net income of $60.3 million for the same period of 2008 due to unfavourable net non-cash adjustments relating to inflation-linked financial instruments. Join discussion...

THE funny thing about toll roads is that the more popular they become, the less attractive the customer proposition: motorists pay for the pleasure of not so much motoring as passively observing fascinating scenery such as impact barriers and overhead advertising. Criterion had plenty of time to ponder the issue when stuck in obstinately slow traffic on Melbourne's City Link on a Friday afternoon. The tragedy is, the jam was in the city inbound lane and against the flow of escaping commuters. Join discussion...

Balfour Beatty chief operating officer Andrew McNaughton has hailed the contractor’s success through the recession. Balfour last month reported half-year turnover including joint ventures of £5 billion – putting it on course to be the UK’s only £10bn contractor. Join discussion...