Veidekke ASA: To overhaul E105 in Finnmark
Today Veidekke Entreprenør has signed a contract with Statens vegvesen to overhaul 5.5 kilometres of European road 105 south of Kirkenes in Sør-Varanger municipality. The value of the contract is NOK 269 million excluding VAT. The stretch to be overhauled is between Bjørkheim and Elvenes in Sør-Varanger on what is the only classified road connection between Norway and Russia. Veidekke will upgrade 3.2 kilometres of the current route, while 2.2 kilometres will take a new line, including a 690 metre tunnel. Where the road follows the current line, there will be a walkway/cycle path