On 09.06.2015, excavation of the first 100 m (west and east portal) was reported of the 7.5 km-long Visnove twin-tube tunnel that will become the longest in Slovakia. The tunnel is part of the 13.5 km-long Lietavska Lucka–Visnove–Dubna Skala stretch of the D1, part of the Corridor No. 5 of the Trans-European Network (TEN), which links Bratislava with Uzhorod in Ukraine. The project is financed by the Slovakian government and the European Union through the European Investment Bank.

The EUR409.8 million contract, excluding VAT, was awarded in 2014 to the Italian-Slovak JV Salini Impregilo (leader) and Duha Presov by the National Highway Company (NDS).

The expected duration of the works is 66 months. Click sk/14 for tunnelbuilder archive. Visit www.NDSAS.sk, http://www.salini-impregilo.com/ and http://www.duhaas.sk/. 26/15.