The announcement by Romania’s minister for transport, Sorin Grindeanu, comes as the Friendship Bridge, connecting Giurgiu in Romania and Ruse in Bulgaria, is closed for repairs.
Sacyr said that the project is the company’s first transportation infrastructure private-public partnership contract in the US and calls for a total of $2.27 billion in construction investment.
Entries have come in from over 19 countries for the annual International Tunneling Association Awards to be held in Genoa, Italy, from November 28 to 30.
Around 1,500 tonnes of reinforcement for casting the concrete tunnel elements are produced weekly for the 17.6km Fehmarn Belt Tunnel that will connect the Danish island of Lolland with the German island of Fehmarn.
