Skanska widens the E4 highway north of Stockholm for SEK 320 M

Skanska widens the E4 highway north of Stockholm for SEK 320 M Skanska has been awarded a design-construct contract for widening the E4 highway between Rotebro and Upplands Väsby north of Stockholm. The contract is valued at approximately SEK 320 M. The customer is the Stockholm Region of the National Road Administration. The agreement also includes a number of options for the project, which may result in an increase in the final contract by an additional SEK 400 M. The project is designed to reduce traffic congestion due to growing capacity problems in the Stockholm area. Traffic flows will be improved by widening a highway sector of approximately five kilometers from four lanes to six. The design-construct contract will start in August, and the entire project will be completed in 2004. For further information please contact: Magnus Sjöberg, Contracts Manager, Skanska Underground Construction and Bridges, Tel +46 8-504 35 000 Jan Lindgren, Communications Manager, Skanska Sweden AB Tel +46 504 367 97 This and previous releases can also be found at www.skanska.com ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/06/25/20010625BIT00200/bit0002.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/06/25/20010625BIT00200/bit0002.pdf