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| Motorway order worth € 140 million for Strabag in Slovakia As part of a consortium, Strabag s.r.o., the Slovak subsidiary of the publicly listed construction group Strabag SE, has signed the contract to build a section of the D1 motorway in northern Slovakia. The order has a total value of € 427 million, with Strabag's share amounting to about € 140 million. The length of the motorway section between Hričovské Podhradie and Lietavská Lúčka amounts to approximately 11 km. The construction works comprise eleven bridges, twelve tunnels as well as all access roads. "After the R2 expressway, this is already our second large infrastructure order in Slovakia within the past few weeks. Slovakia is showing that it is pressing ahead with investments in infrastructure, " says Thomas Birtel, CEO of Strabag SE. The D1 motorway is part of the E 50 international transport route leading from Paris via Nuremberg and Prague through Ukraine to Russia. The consortium is composed of four partner companies: Doprastav (32 %), Váhostav (32 %), Strabag (32 %) and Metrostav (4 %). The construction period will take 48 months. write your comments about the article :: © 2013 Construction News :: home page |