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Electrical tender launched for Fehmarn tunnel

A tender has been launched for electrical installation within the planned €7 billion, 18km Fehmarnbelt immersed road-rail tunnel between Germany and Denmark. As part of what will be a contract worth around €750 million (US$913 million), the winner must set up a renewable energy centre for its work. The tender will close and a decision made by the end of the year, work to start in 2022 or 2023. Installation will include power for an electrified railway that will run between beside the two the traffic lanes, ventilation, lighting, safety-emergency-monitoring systems, emergency doors, fire extinguishing systems, drainage, cable-pipe and various control systems. The Fehmarn Belt is a strait between the German island of Fehmarn and the Danish island of Lolland. The tunnel will replace a ferry service from Rødby and Puttgarden. The project’s approval process was bogged down over environmental issues, especially within the German state of Schleswig-Holstein in which the southern end of 18km immersed tunnel will surface Meanwhile, Femern Link Contractors started dredging and filling work last month for a works harbour in Rødbyhavn, as well as a tunnel portal on Lolland. A video of the dredging and earthworks is available here. A Rambøll-Arup-TEC consultancy joint venture is engaged in a client consultancy services contract with Femern. The joint venture has also worked on other landmark infrastructure projects, including the Øresund Tunnel in Denmark, the City Tunnel in Malmö, Sweden, the Medway Tunnel in England, as well as underground rail systems in Amsterdam and Copenhagen. COWI is carrying out the detailed design of the tunnel (north tunnel section, south tunnel section, and ramps & portals). Meanwhile, SWECO is handling the design for the dredging and reclamation work. Germany

Tender opening for Mexico airport link

A new highway link will connect Mexico City, capital of Mexico, with the new Felipe Angeles airport. The highway section will be 6.8km in length and connect the Ignacio Zaragoza and Penon-Texcoco highways. Called the Proyecto Autopista Conexion Oriente highway, the route is being offered as a 30-year concession package. There are still questions however as to whether the new airport will adequately meet Mexico City’s future needs. The facility lies some distance from Mexico City and was originally called the Santa Lucia military aerodrome. It is being improved to handle civilian air traffic and has been renamed Aeropuerto Internacional Felipe Ángeles. A separate programme to construct an all-new airport for Mexico City was recently scrapped on grounds of cost. Mexico

Bosnia’s highway tender plans

Tendering is opening for a new highway link in Bosnia. The tender will open in April 2021 for first section of the Banja Luka-Mrkonjic highway project. The work to build the new highway is being managed by the Bosnian road company Autoputevi Republike Srpske (ARS). A preliminary agreement for the highway was signed in 2014 with Chinese contractor Sinohydro. Building the 62km highway is expected to cost €600 million. Financing will also be provided from China, through the Exim Bank. Meanwhile, an agreement has been made regarding the new highway that will link Sarajevo with Belgrade. The project will be handled by a Turkish contractor. Bosnia And Herzegovina

California connector contract

An important project is being planned in California that will help cut congestion on the busy I-101 route. The aim of the work will be to improve the connection between I-101 and SR92 at San Mateo, just to the south of San Francisco. The work has an estimated cost of US$173–$193 million. The necessary approvals for the work are being sought at present, with the plans for the work being managed by the California Department of Transportation (CalDOT). The new connector is needed as both I-101 and SR92 are notorious for their heavy traffic volumes at peak periods. The existing junction between the interstate highway and SR92 is subject to frequent traffic delays in the morning and evening rush hour. Crashes are a not uncommon occurrence and these can increased traffic delays considerably. The SR92 route traverses the bay across the San Mateo Bay Bridge to the immediate east of this point, while !-101 is the key north-south route in California. This junction is a focus for many commuters travelling to and from the main business areas and commercial and industrial areas around San Francisco. United States