Road Structures

Contractor VAD is to carry out the repair works to the A-181 Scandinavia Highway in Russia. The work is worth close to US$43 million and will have to be completed by 17th December 2018. The upgrade work will be carried out on the section of the highway that lies between Vyborg and Svetogorsk.

In Poland a road contract worth some €103.74 million will be carried out by Italian firm Impresa Pizzarotti. The project is for a section of the S61 dual carriageway between Lomza Zachod junction and Kolno junction. The tender process was handled by the Polish road authority, GDDKiA.

The tender process is opening for a new road project in Panama to connect Veracruz with Vacamonte, as well as for a new bridge. The new road and bridge link will be in Arraijan, in Panama’s Oeste Province. The tender process is being managed by Panama’s Ministry of Public Works (MOP). The new bridge will span the Bique River.

A new road tunnel project is planned for the northern German city of Hamburg. The 1.5km tunnel will form the third stage of the A26 Autobahn project and will connect with the A1 route. Construction is expected to cost around €200 million but work on the new tunnel will not commence until 2023.

Spanish contractor FCC has been awarded a contract to carry out key road upgrade works in Nicaragua. The €32 million project will see improvements being carried out on the 39km route connecting Los Chinamos with El Ayote.

Planning is being carried out for the new Mombasa Gate Bridge project, which is expected to cost close to US$778 million. The bridge will connect Mombasa Island with the South Coast, replacing a ferry operation, which first began operation in 1937. The feasibility study for the 1.4km bridge is now complete and construction of the link is expected to take 36 months to complete.

A South Korean contractor will carry out construction work on a project in Mozambique. The package of works is worth US$44.1 million and will be carried out by the South Korean contractor, POSCO Engineering & Construction (POSCO E&C). The contract was awarded by the Mozambique Government and will see the upgrading of a 70km road that is unsurfaced at present. The work will take 30 months to complete and the contractor will pave and widen the road link, boosting traffic speeds, capacity and safety on the rou