DARS (Slovenian state-owned Road Company) administrators and the Minister of Infrastructure Jernej Vrtovec visited the Karavanke tunnel second tube construction, Minister said the work in the tunnel is going excellently. The construction company CENGIZ has already reached 1755 meters of the 3500 meter long tunnel.

The Karavanke second tube consists of 3,5km long Slovenian side and 4,5km long Austrian side. The construction on the Slovenian side started more than 1 year late because of the lengthy tender process. Minister Vrtovec reminded that the Turkish company Cengiz started the construction on the Slovenian side in August 2020. It is expected to be completed next year in September.

Cengiz had been awarded for the 120 million euro Karavanke second tunnel contract after a lengthy process. The first tender which was also awarded to Cengiz had been cancelled after some objections by the loosing contractors Slovenian builder Kolektor CPG,  Bosnia's Euro-Asfalt and its Slovenian partner Cestno Podjetje Ptujm. Then Cengiz won also the second tender. But Slovenia lost more than one year in the process. The construction on the Austrian side of the tunnel is completed in September.

Contractor company works 24 hours a day with total 100 personnel.

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.

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