The DARS (Slovenian state-owned Road Company) says the contractor Cengiz will resume Karavanke second tube tunnel construction by the end of April. Cengiz had stopped the construction because of Coronavirus. On Austrian side, also stopped, there is no news about restart.

Newspapers write that Cengiz already shipped the equipment to the ports of Koper and Trieste. Cengiz cannot bring Turkish personnel because of the current situation with coronavirus. Therefore the company will find Slovenian experts.

Karavanke tunnel will cost 120 million euro and European Investment Bank lended 90 million of it to DARS. There is already a Karavanke tunnel between Slovenia and Austria. The new one is second tube.

Please search for 'Karavanke' to read my previous news on the project.