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| Vinci named successful bidder for line 3 of Cairo metro Vinci Construction Grands Projets, leader (with 28, 5%) of a consortium comprising Arab Contractors (27,5%), Bouygues(26%), and Orascom (18%), has been designated successful bidder on the civil engineering contract for the first phase of Cairo's metro line 3, an east-west line between the city centre and the airport. The contract, worth approximately €250 million, covers the construction of phase 1, which involves 5 km of tunnels and five underground stations. When complete, the third line of Cairo's metro will be 33 km long and have 29 stations. It will link the airport, located 22 km to the north-east of the city, to Giza's Mohandessin district. Phase 1 of this line is scheduled for opening in 2011 after 48 months of construction work. It will increase the network to a total of 100 km and should contribute to relieving traffic congestion in the city. By 2020, the Cairo metro will carry 5 million passengers a day. The first line of the Cairo metro was built by Vinci in the early 1980s and now carries over 1.4 million passengers a day. The second line, also built by Vinci, was opened in the mid-1990s. Covering 22 km between Shubra El Kheima and Giza, it has 20 stations, of which 12 are under ground. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |