Alpine, FCC’s Austrian subsidiary, has received the 130-million-euro contract to enlarge the Bosruck Tunnel on the A9 in Austria. The contract calls for the construction of a second tunnel tube measuring 5.5 kilometres in length.

The contract is part of a tunnel safety programme implemented by Asfinag, the state entity in charge of building, financing and maintaining the Austrian motorway system.

The construction work on the new tunnel, which will be built using the traditional method, will commence in January. The goal is for construction to be complete by 2013 and the newly expanded tunnel to be fully operational by 2015.

The enlargement of this infrastructure will provide a two-lane connection between the Austrian states of Styria and Upper Austria. The Bosruck Tunnel is currently a bottleneck on the A9 expressway.