Veidekke to build classified road 13 Vatne - Skreppeneset
Veidekke Entreprenør AS has signed a contract with the Norwegian Public Roads Administration to build a new tunnel for classified road 13 from Vatne to Skreppeneset in Strand municipality in Rogaland county. The value of the contract is NOK 268 million excluding VAT.
The contract comprises a 3.5 kilometre two-lane tunnel and two open stretches with a total of approx. 1.6 kilometres open road. Concrete portals will be built at both ends of the tunnel, and the contract includes all work in the tunnel, open stretches, pedestrian areas and bicycle paths.
The tunnel replaces the current classified road 13 through a landslide-prone area.
The contract is a turnkey contract. Work starts in February 2011, and is to be completed in November 2013.
For more information about the project:
http://www.vegvesen.no/Vegprosjekter/rv13tauhjelmeland
For more information please contact:
District Manager Kåre Strand, Veidekke Entreprenør AS, tel. +47 900 88 073, kare.strand@veidekke.no
Project Manager ktleder Nils Brødsjø, Veidekke Entreprenør AS, tel. +47 951 36 576, nils.brodsjo@veidekke.no
Project Manager Odd Magnar Nerland, Norwegian Public Roads Administration, tel. +47 908 37 052, 0dd.nerland@vegvesen.no
Communication Manager Helge Dieset, Veidekke ASA, tel. +47 21 05 77 91/+47 90 55 33 22, helge.dieset@veidekke.no
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