Peab expands E20 between Götene and Mariestad
Peab has been commissioned to expand E20 at Mariestad and put in a central barrier. The customer is the Swedish Transport Administration and the contract is worth SEK 848 million.The project involves rebuilding E20 from the current motorway section at Götene to west of the Haggården interchange at Mariestad. The new 20 kilometer stretch will be a 2+2 lane road with a central barrier and an overpass at of the Lugnås interchange. Bearing capacity is low in places in the existing road and it is not fully dimensioned for heavy vehicles. There have also been problems with frost heaving, which