Bidding opens for Israel highway upgrade

Bidding is now open for a key new highway connection in Israel. The tender is for upgrade work on the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Highway Road 1. 2602 Israel National Roads Company (INRC) is upgrading this key link and the tender is for the second stretch of work. So far, INRC received three bids for the contract. The project involves the construction of an interchange at the Neve Ilan intersection. Bids for work on the highway have been submitted by Eyal Sela 1991, Gili and Yoel Azaria as well as Shafir Civil and Marine Engineering. In all, the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway upgrade includes three contracts. INRC expects works on the project to start at end-2012, while completion of the US$642 million project is due by 2016.