France-based Bouygues Construction has partnered with Australian company Lendlease on the A$3 billion NorthConnex road tunnel project in Sydney. Spanning nine kilometres, NorthConnex is the longest road tunnel project in Australia's history. Recently, Bouygues was shortlisted as a member of the Cross Yarra Partnership consortium to build the A$6 billion PPP Melbourne Metro Tunnel project, as well as the A$5.5 billion Western Distributor project in Melbourne with Lendlease.