By ashleykaren
The design-build contract for Fiumefreddo-Taormina/Letojanni Functional Lot 1 – a subsection of the Giampilieri-Fiumefreddo section of the railway which is worth nearly 640m euros (766m USD), comprising safety costs has been awarded to the consortium formulated of Webuild (leader 70%) and Pizzarotti (30%). The lot concerns work along 15 km of the railway among Catania and Messina, from Fiumefreddo to Taormina/Letojanni.
It contains an interconnection at Taormina/Letojanni, the dismantling of installations through the current line between Fiumefreddo and the connection with the old line. Also, the latest contract is going to contain the construction of an artificial tunnel at Fiumefreddo, an underground station at Taormina, two viaducts at Fogliarino torrent and the Alcantara viaduct, and three tunnels at Calatabiano, Letojanni and Taormina.
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