In November 2015, the European Investment Bank Complaints Mechanism (EIB-CM) received a complaint concerning the D4 Highway and R7 Expressway PPP project. Objections were raised against the decision of the EIB to finance the project. The allegations concern the promoter’s actions during the planning and preparation of the project. The allegations challenged the environmental and social impact as well as the public procurement and governance aspects of the project: (i) The complaint points out that the Ministry only organised one public procurement tender for the Feasibility Study of the project, with only one bidder. (ii) The complaint challenges the EIB’s due diligence during the economic appraisal of the project contending that (i) the PPP model used for the project constitutes an inefficient use of public financial resources, and (ii) the promoter did not study alternative project financing models. (iii) The complaint refers to the promoter’s failure to provide access to information during the preparation of the project. (iv) The complaint alleges that the EIB failed to verify that the promoter studied alternative transport modalities to the D4 highway and R7 expressway, for example more effective utilisation of the public transport system. (v) The complaint states that the EIB failed to analyse alternative road alignments.