After raising its offer, a Greek-French consortium has emerged as the preferred bidder for Greece's biggest infrastructure privatization that covers nearly 900 kilometers of existing highways, including the major Egnatia Odos route. The consortium of GEK TERNA S.A. with Egis Projects S.A., will pay nearly $1.8 billion upfront for the 35-year contract covering the 658 Egnatia highway plus 225 km on three associated routes. And the team will invest another $494 million on the highways in the next five years. The state's privatization agency, Hellenic Republic . . .