Oden Anläggningsentreprenad secured a SEK112.7 million contract to construct the 835 m Gårdberg tunnel on the Adalsbanan line. Visit www.oden.nu and www.banverket.se/adalsbanan 31/08...

The Ministry of development awarded FCC a EUR97 million contract for the construction of the southbound carriageway on the southern motorway A-4, section Venta de Cárdenas-Santa Elena. This 9 km section includes the 166 m La Cantera tunnel and the 1,823 m Despeñaperros tunnel, which is a three-lane tunnel. Click es/113 for more details. Visit www.fcc.es 31/08...

Acciona Infraestructuras concluded a EUR81.4 million deal with the Ministry of development to build the Valls-Montblanc bypass on the Tarragona-Montblanc motorway A-27. The 5.1 km section includes the Lilla tunnel, which consists of two bores of 1,565.50 m (left tube) and 1,567.41 m (right tube). Click es/89 for more details. Visit www.acciona-infraestructuras.es 31/08...

Ferrovial Agroman scooped a EUR82.1 million construction contract for the 8.6 km Rialiño-Padrón section on the Atlantic coast high speed line. This section includes the 1,460 m-long 85 sq m Bustelo tunnel. Visit www.ferrovial.es 31/08. ..

The Veneto regional assembly has approved a financing proposal presented by Grandi Lavori Fincosit, Adria Infrastrutture and Mantovani for the design, construction and operation under concession of the so-called Alpe Adria connection-Extension of highway A27. From the administrative point of view, the proposal has been sent to the regional council to be submitted to a commission of counsellors

The EUR845 million Liefkenshoek railway connection project involves the construction and maintenance of the civil infrastructure for a new 16.2 km freight-only railway, whereof 8 km in tunnel, linking the western docks and eastern docks of Antwerp. The project is a design, build, finance and maintain type agreement, with a maturity period of 41½ years

Solicitation for conceptual proposals, deadline 29th September, 2008 for improvements to the Downtown tunnel, the Midtown tunnel and the Martin Luther King (MLK) freeway extension between Norfolk and Portsmouth in the Hampton Roads area, as part of a plan to make an estimated USD1 billion.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's board of commissioners on 20^th September, 2007 authorized the installation of energy-efficient LED lighting on the George Washington bridge and in the Holland tunnel, part of a broader programme to equip all of the agency’s bridges and tunnels with energy-efficient lighting. Energy-saving lights for the Port Authority are part of the agency's overall goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80% at all agency facilities from 2006 levels by 2050. Key among those initiatives is the future second trans-Hudson River tunnel between New Jersey and Midtown Manhattan to induce more people to take mass transit.

The new LED (light emitting diode) lighting in the Holland twin-tube tunnel (2,551 m / 2,608 m), which crosses the Hudson River, will replace the existing fluorescent lighting. The USD4.5 million project eventually will replace more than 4,200 fluorescent fixtures at the Holland tunnel with 1,736 LEDs. The new LED lights will last 15 years, compared with the roughly 18-month life span of the existing lights, providing an estimated annual energy and maintenance savings of USD340,000. Both projects are annually expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 3.3 million pounds and nitrogen oxides by 5,000 pounds. Work on the bridge and the tunnel is slated to start and finish in 2008.

New lights to be draped inside the Holland tunnel will shine green, at least figuratively. LED lighting, which distributes light more efficiently and requires less energy. Click here. Visit www.panynj.gov/CommutingTravel/tunnels/html/holland.html 39/07.