NIB finances new section of E18 motorway in Norway
The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and the Norwegian toll-road operator Ferde AS have signed a NOK 1 billion (EUR 104.5 million) loan with a maturity of 17.5 years to finance the construction of a new section of motorway between Tvedestrand and Arendal in Aust-Agder County. The loan finances the construction of a section of 23 kilometres of four-lane motorway on the E18, as well as four tunnels, six larger bridges and two grade-separated junctions. The new road connection will replace the existing two-lane road between Tvedestrand and Arendal. In addition, a new road section linking the