The contract includes construction of a 7 km long railway line, a 600 m long railway tunnel through Hällberget and a 400 m long tunnel in Finnborg, parts of which will run below highway E4. In addition, a railway bridge across Åtesjövägen and two road bridges across the railway line south of Sörbölevägen and Krossvägen are included in the contract.

Veidekke is also going to build a steel aqueduct across the railway leading water from the stream Myranbäcken. A section of highway E4 will be altered during the construction of the Finnborg tunnel, and farther up from the tunnel the road will be reinforced and extended.

Construction start is scheduled for the beginning of March 2004. The contract will be completed by the end of December 2005.

"This is the second contract we have won in connection with the development of this railway project," says Managing Director Göran P. Larson of Veidekke Stockholm AB.

"With this contract in addition to a couple of new smaller building contracts and the orders we already have on hand, our order book for 2004 is most satisfactory," he adds.

For further information, please contact:

Kristian Senland, Head of Veidekke Stockholm AB's heavy construction activities,

phone + 46 8 635 61 00

Göran P. Larson, Managing Director at Veidekke Stockholm AB,

phone + 46 8 635 61 00

Gunnar Lejon, Works Manager at Botniabanan AB's project office in Arnäsvall,

phone + 46 660 29 49 23