VEIDEKKE ASA Today Veidekke Entreprenør has signed a contract with the Norwegian Public Roads Administration to secure secondary road 7 Lussandberget in Granvin municipality against landslides. The value of the contract is NOK 206 million excluding VAT.
The contract comprises securing a 2.4 kilometre stretch, with open-air stretches of 400 metres at each end and a 1.6 kilometre tunnel in the middle. The road project will ensure practicability for motorists on a landslide-prone stretch and remove a bottleneck on the leg between Øystese and the Kvanndal ferry quay.
This is the third contract in a row for Veidekke to secure road sections along the Hardanger fjord in recent years. Work will begin immediately and is slated for completion in December 2016.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/veidekke, for more information, contact:
Project manager Øistein Brandt with Veidekke, tel. +47 90 69 07 49, oistein.brandt@veidekke.no:
mailto:oistein.brandt@veidekke.no
Communications Manager Helge Dieset of Veidekke, tel. +47 90 55 33 22, helge.dieset@veidekke.no:
mailto:helge.dieset@veidekke.no
Veidekke is one of Scandinavia's largest contractors and property developers. The company undertakes all types of building and construction contracts, maintains roads and produces asphalt, crushed stone and gravel. The company is characterised by involvement and local knowledge. Turnover is NOK 21 billion (2013), and half of the 6,300 employees own shares in the company. Veidekke is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and has always posted a profit since it was founded in 1936.
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Source: Veidekke ASA via Globenewswire
