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An association of Turkish builders bid on Monday for the design and execution of the missing section of the Lugoj-Deva (A1) Motorway, Transport Minister Sorin Grindeanu announced.
"There are 9.13 km of motorway that will include 2.13 km of tunnel, and the whole project will be financed from European funds. The two drilled tunnels to be built between Margina (Timis County) and Holdea (Hunedoara County) will consist of two one-way lanes, one for each road tunnel," the minister specified on his Facebook page.
The contractor who will sign this contract will have to complete the design in 10 months and the execution in 28 months, at an estimated price of RON 1.36 billion without VAT, Agerpres.ro informs.
The complexity of the project, which includes the first drilled road tunnels in Romania in the last 30 years, has determined the selection of builders in two stages, Sorin Grindeanu underlined.
According to the National Road Infrastructure Management Corporation (CNAIR), only one bid was submitted until the deadline by the Insaat ve Ticaret Map Association - Cengiz Insaat Sanayi ve Ticaret AS Association.
"At this stage, the Evaluation Commission will analyze the submitted bid, namely the Technical Proposal and the Financial Proposal in accordance with the provisions of the Award Documentation and with the legislation in force in the field of public procurement and with the observance of the legal terms regarding the evaluation of tenders. According to the conditions of the Environmental Agreement, the construction of two tunnels within Section E2 was provided for, in the context of avoiding stability problems and the negative impact with major implications on the environment," the road company states in a press release sent to AGERPRES on Monday.
