Atlas Arteria chief executive Graeme Bevans says the toll road group will not chase big acquisitions such as the Chicago Skyway in future unless they are related to existing roads as it tries to boost shareholder returns.

“Some non-investors have a question on ‘are you going to go off and do things such as another Chicago Skyway?’” Mr Bevans told The Australian Financial Review after posting a 6 per cent rise in annual net profit.