Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has delivered a real-time, virtual reality (VR) visualization environment to the Welsh Government to support the upgrade program for two sections of the A465 Heads of Valley highway project in South Wales. The solution is part of the technical advisory services Jacobs is currently providing to the A465 project, which includes widening of the existing road and six new junctions to support the social and economic growth of the area. The VR solution consists of approximately 18 kilometers of road, 114 square miles of accurate terrain and 5,000 modelled building structures. These features are enhanced with animated vehicle traffic, environmental sounds and animated foliage growth over 15 years. Users are able to view and navigate the landscape in four different modes: a helicopter fly-over, a simulated car journey, viewing points of interest or roaming freely. Jacobs will continue to support the Welsh Government as the project moves through statutory processes, tendering and the appointment of preferred contractor before onset of construction activities at the end of 2019. The new highway is planned to open in late 2022.