A consortium between Semaly, Scetauroute, Thales and Dubus Richez has won a contract for preliminay studies for an interurban tram-train project on the French island of La Reunion in the Indian Ocean. Completion of the study scheduled end of 2004. Detailed design to start in January 2005. The project envisages a 70 km route along the north coast of the island between Saint-Paul and Saint Benoit, including a 10 km tunnel through volcanic rock. Visit www.semaly.com and www.scetauroute.com 19/04.Open call for tenders, deadline 30th November, 2004 for geological and geotechnical probe for a tunnel between La Possession and Saint-Denis, as part of a tram train line. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=186745-2004, OJ S 217, or contact Conseil régional de La Réunion, Saint-Denis, fax +33 262487071 or 262921474. E-mail region.reunion@cr-reunion.fr or tram-train@sr21.re. Subscribe to E-News Weekly 41/2004. 47/04.Laboratoire Regional de la Reunion (LRR) and Fugro Geotechnique bagged a EUR50,700 contract and Forintech a EUR361,000 contract for geological and geotechnical probes for a tunnel between La Possession and Saint-Denis, as part of a tram train line. Visit www.fugro.fr and www.sr21.re 24/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 29th August, 2005 for lead engineering for the tram train line between La Possession and Saint-Denis. The contract includes infrastructure design, civil engineering structures, tunnels, etc. to determine the alignment of the line and establish the draft design. There are several options to cross La Montagne massif, among which long tunnels. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=125846-2005, OJ S 127, or contact Region Reunion, Saint-Denis Messag, fax +33 262487071 or 262921474. E-mail tram-train@sr21.re 28/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 13th March, 2006 for geotechnical reconnaissance for the study of the tunnels planned on the tram-train route between La Possession and Saint-Denis. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=014656-2006, OJ S 13, or contact Regional Council of La Reunion, Saint-Denis, fax +33 262487071. E-mail tram-train@sr21.re 05/06.A JV of Foraco and Forintech has secured a EUR968,000 contract for geotechnical reconnaissance for the study of the tunnels planned on the tram-train route between La Possession and Saint-Denis. Visit www.foraco.com 45/06.Competitive dialogues, deadline 30th March, 2007 for design and construction of the 40.4 km first phase of the tram train in the north of La Reunion. According to alternatives, a mountain would be crossed either by a 11 km-long tunnel or by two shorter tunnels ranging from 1 to 5 km. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=254255-2006, OJ S 238, or contact Conseil régional de la Réunion, Saint-Denis, fax +33 262487071. More details in E-News Weekly 38/2006. Also visit www.tramtrain.fr/etudes/synthese_premiere_phase.pdf 51-52/06.Open call for tenders, 24th January, 2007 for technical engineering to assist the owner during the tender process for the tram train in the north of La Reunion. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=255637-2006, OJ S 239, or contact Conseil régional de la Réunion, Saint-Denis, fax +33 262944618. More details in E-News Weekly 38/2006. Also visit www.tramtrain.fr/etudes/synthese_premiere_phase.pdf 01-02/07.Negotiated procedure, deadline 19th January, 2007 for geological and environmental follow-up of the ground investigation, as part of the first phase from Saint-Paul to Sainte-Marie of the tram train project between Saint-Paul and Saint-Benoit. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=1015-2007, OJ S 1, or contact region of La Reunion, fax +33 262487071 or 262921474. E-mail tram-train@sr21.re 03/07.Negotiated procedure, deadline 20th August, 2007 for construction, under a partnership contract, of the 40 km tram train line between Saint-Paul and Sainte-Marie. The line includes 12 kilometres of tunnel and 26 stations. Read E-News Weekly 21/2007, 5/2007 & 38/2006. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=155836-2007, OJ S 127, or contact Conseil regional de La Reunion, fax +33 262487071. Also visit www.tramtrain.fr 27-28/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 31st October, 2007 for engineering during the preparation and negotiation phase of the PPP contract for the tram train project in La Reunion Island. Read E-News Weekly 21/2007, 5/2007 & 38/2006. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=223702-2007, OJ S 183, or contact Conseil général de la Réunion, Saint-Denis, fax +33 262487071. E-mail tram-train@cr-reunion.fr. Also visit www.tramtrain.fr 40/07.

Open call for bids, deadline 10th May, 2004 for geotechnical investigation (core drills and tests) for the 50 km A45 highway project to link Loire and Rhone counties in Rhone-Alpes region. Includes three tunnels in Loire county in Tour-en-Jarez (1 km), Saint Chamond (500 m) and Celieu (1.5 km) and one tunnel in Rhone county in Orlienas (500 m). Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=051408-2004, OJ S 60, or contact CETE, Bron, fax +33 472143035. E-mail marches.sg.cete-lyon@equipement.gouv.fr (administrative info) and jean-claude.fayadat@equipement.gouv.fr or vilma.zumbo@equipement.gouv.fr (technical info). Read E-News Weekly 5/2004. 16/04.Cogeis has won a EUR719,390 contract for boreholes and tests within the 50 km strip of the proposed A45 highway project in Rhone Alpes region, which includes the 1 km Tour-en-Jarez tunnel, the 500 m Saint Chamond tunnel and the 1.5 km Celieu tunnel in Loire county and the 500 m Orlienas tunnel in Rhone county. 37/04.

Restricted call for tenders, deadline 24th February, 2004 for technical studies as part of the construction of a 1.6 km cycling and rescue tunnel parallel to the existing Siaix tunnel on trunk road RN 90 in Saint-Marcel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=012805-2004, OJ S 15, or contact DDE de la Savoie, Chambéry, fax +33 479717260. E-mail herve.palin@equipement.gouv.fr. Read E-News Weekly 35/2003. 06/04.

Further to a massive rockfall (4,000 cubic metres) on 21st February, 2003, the Grands Goulets road on local road RD 518 in the Vercors Gorges is closed, obliging motorists to do a 30 km detour. A 1.7 km-long single-tube tunnel must be urgently bored. Preliminary studies have been undertaken by CETU (Centre d'Etudes des Tunnels) and Scetauroute. Public hearings will be held from September and the project should be approved at year-end. The tunnel will be blasted in marls and limestone. Support with rockbolts, shotcrete and steel arches. Gradient 4%. One ascending drive with a possible second drive to speed up the project. Civil works to be divided into three calls for tender with first portal in June 2004, then second portal and tunnel later on. Visit www.drome.equipement.gouv.fr 18/03. Preinformation notice for engineering studies for the Grands Goulets (1.7 km) and Petits Goulets (200 m) tunnels on local road RD 518 between Sainte-Eulalie en Royans and Les Baraques en Vercors. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=076060-2003, OJ S 85, or contact DDE de la Drôme, Valence, fax +33 475797565. 19/03. Open call for bids, deadline 30th June, 2003 for engineering studies for the Grands Goulets (1.7 km) and Petit Goulets (200 m) tunnels on county road RD 518. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=085703-2003, OJ S 95, or DDE de la Drôme, Valence, fax +33 475428754. 21/03. Open call for bids, deadline 23rd June, 2003 for core drills, data logging and laboratory testing as part of the construction of the Grands Goulets tunnel (1.7 km) and Petits Goulets tunnel (200 m) on county road RD 518. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=088881-2003, OJ S 99, or contact DDE de la Drôme, Valence, fax +33 475797565. 23/03.Restricted call for tenders, deadline 6th August, 2004 for construction of the 1.7 km two-way dual-lane Grands Goulets tunnel on county road RD 518 in southeast France. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=110363-2004, OJ S 130, or contact Departement de la Drome, Valence, fax +33 475797565 or 475428754. 29/04.Bouygues TP secured the contract to build the 1.7 km Grands Goulets tunnel, a single bore on local road RD 518 in Drome county. There will be one drive from downhill (1.6 km) using the drill/blast method and 100 m from the uphill entrance with a hydraulic breaker. Visit www.bouygues-construction.com 15/05.Bouygues Travaux Publics is currently building the 1,650 m Grands Goulets tunnel in Drome department. The contract includes utility relocation, civil works, the carriageway, painting of the walls and outside access to the valley and mountain portals. The Grands Goulets is a Natura 2000 listed site, at the heart of the Vercors national park. At the valley portal, a 40 m-long cut-and-cover portion and a water basin in case of emergency intervention of fire fighters will be built. There will be also six unlined rescue galleries, 10 sq m of cross section for a total length of 850 m. Visit www.bouygues-construction.comThe geology is mainly limestone (800 m of Barremian type and 600 m of Uronian type) and 100 m of sandstone sands. Twelve faults will be crossed (5 to 50 m). The drill/blast method is used in the limestone. A Robofore three-boom automatic jumbo supplied by Robodrill is used to excavate upwards the 1,550 m-long valley drive. Steel arches will be placed when the faults are encountered. A two-boom manual Robofore is employed for back-up to bore the rescue galleries. The explosives are supplied by Kinsite-Nitro Bickford (solution Morse). Visit www.robodrill-sa.com and www.nitrobickford.frThe mountain drive is executed downwards in a top heading and bench sequence with a Paurat roadheader, able to provide a 200 kW power at the rotary head. As the machine excavates the 100 m of sandstone sands, steel arches are placed every 1-1.5 metres and shotcrete is sprayed in between. The roadheader is used on that section of the tunnel because the sandstone sands cannot be blasted. In the presence of water, they turn into a modelling clay before becoming mud. Two Normet shotcreting robots are operated at the worksite. Visit www.wirth-europe.de/roadheaders/paurat.htm and www.normet.fiFor the drill/blast section, support consists of HA 25 bolts and Expanbol bolts supplied by Emcorsa, HEB 180 steel arches supplied by Arcane and shotcrete prepared with Meyco 170 admixture of MBT-Degussa. Concrete is produced by Béton Rhône-Alpes from a plant at the Auberives jobsite. Visit www.emcorsa.com and www.degussa-cc.frMuck haulage by DTP Terrassement, a Bouygues Construction affiliate, using a loader equipped with side-dump bucket and three to five dump trucks. At the valley worksite, the limestone material is stored at the spot, crushed and recycled as part of another contract. At the mountain site, the sand spoil is stored permanently on a dedicated area which will be modelled at the end of the project.On the valley side, earthworks and construction of the portal are finished. Twenty metres of the cut-and-cover tunnel is completed and work is nearing end. Drill/blast tunnelling of the top heading at the mountain drive had reached 90 m at the end of 2005.Breakthrough is anticipated for end 2006-early 2007. The final blast (rescue galleries) is programmed for July 2007. Completion of the project is foreseen in end 2007. 05/06.Restricted call for tenders, deadline 6th November, 2006 for equipment of the 1.7 km Grands Goulets tunnel (five lots). Click fr/55. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=199608-2006, OJ S 188, or contact Conseil general de la Drome, Valence, fax +33 475759299 or 475428754. E-mail catherine.gerard@equipement.gouv.fr or sg-m.dde-drome@equipement.gouv.fr 41/06.A joint venture led by ETDE with Clemessy, Seitha and SEE SR as partners concluded a EUR4.9 million contract to equip the 1.7 km Grands Goulets single bored tunnel with power supply, lighting, ventilation, radio communication and fire protection. Click here. Visit www.etde.fr, www.clemessy.fr and www.seitha.fr 31/07.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 29.11.2010, for construction of 1,066 m-long x 4.5 m-high x 9 m-wide two-way tunnel and two 310 m-long communication tunnels as part of 5.6 km-long RN 125 Saint-Beat to Arlos bypass. Further information, specs and docs from DREAL in Toulouse, tel +33 561586-400, fax -401, e-mail dmorn.stid.dreal-midi-pyrenees@developpement-durable.gouv.fr to whom tenders or requests to participate must be sent. For project history visit tunnelbuilder archive fr/53. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=299036-2010. 41/10.

Open invitation to tender, deadline delayed until 03.01.2011, for construction of 1,066 m-long x 4.5 m-high x 9 m-wide two-way tunnel and two 310 m-long communication tunnels as part of 5.6 km-long RN 125 Saint-Beat to Arlos bypass. Further information, specs and docs from DREAL in Toulouse, tel +33 561586-400, fax -401, e-mail dmorn.stid.dreal-midi-pyrenees@developpement-durable.gouv.fr to whom tenders or requests to participate must be sent. For project history visit tunnelbuilder archive fr/53. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=302927-2010. 41/10.

The ministry of development has awarded to AEPO a €862,000 engineering contract for the design studies for the reopening of the international tunnel on the Saragossa-Pau railway and upgrading of Canfranc station. SNCF, the French state rail company, and RFF, the rail network operator, have trebbled their estimate to renovate the 85 km section in France. €300 million would have to be invested to reopen the line. In Spain, the budget is estimated at €360.6 million. Read E-News Weekly # 30. Visit www.aepo.es 07/03.

Restricted procedure, deadline 10th June, 2002 for engineering services dealing with construction of a 12.9 km 4.8 m-diameter safety tunnel parallel to the existing Frejus tunnel between France and Italy. There will be 30 m-long interconnecting passages every 400 m. The tender also deals with the installation of tunnel equipment (ventilation, lighting, telephone, video, electric supply, etc.). Construction estimated at €230 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 94-74382 or contact SFTRF, Paris, fax +33 144689955. 21/02. Restricted call for tenders, deadline 7th April, 2003 for engineering services as part of the construction of a 4.8 m-diameter 6 km-long service tunnel on the French part of the Fréjus road tunnel, with cross passages every 400 metres. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=040828-2003, OJ S 47, or contact Société franí§aise du tunnel routier du Fréjus (SFTRF), Patrick Guilhaudin, Paris, fax +33 147059901 or Yves Cipierre, Modane, fax 479202610, e-mail ycipierre@tunneldufrejus.com 11/03.Restricted call for bids, deadline 18th August, 2003 for engineering services prior to the construction of a 12.9 km-long 4.8 m-diameter service tunnel parallel to the main tunnel. Also 30 m-long cross passages every 300 m. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=126377-2003, OJ S 139, or contact SFTRF, Paris, fax +33 147059901. 31/03.Lombardi has pocketed a EUR1.44 million contract for engineering services for the study of a 12.9 km-long 4.8 m-diameter service tunnel parallel to main tunnel. Also 30 m-long cross passages every 300 m. Visit www.lombardi.ch 24/04.Restricted call for tenders, deadline 21st July, 2004 for engineering as part of construction of a 12.9 km safety and rescue tunnel parallel to the existing cross-border Frejus tunnel between France and Italy. SFTRF, the French operator, and its Italian counterpart SITAF will deal with the same engineering consultancy. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=100639-2004, OJ S 119, or contact SFTRF, Modane, fax +33 479202610. 27/04.Accelerated restricted procedure, deadline 27th June, 2005 for repairs in the Frejus tunnel, where a fire erupted on 4th June. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=112916-2005, OJ S 114, or contact SFTRF, Modane, fax +33 479202610. 25/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 18th September, 2007 for engineering from the contract awarding phase to the commissioning phase for the planned safety tunnel parallel to the existing 12.9 km tunnel. Read E-News Weekly 1/2007, 19/2006 & 35/2003. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=170600-2007, OJ S 138, or contact SFTRF, Modane, fax +33 479053120. 31/07.Inexia, the engineering arm of the French Railways, SNCF, in joint venture with SEA Consulting and SWS Engineering, both of Italy, pocketed a EUR6.2 million project management contract for the planned safety tunnel parallel to the existing 12.9 km Frejus cross-border road tunnel between France and Italy, from the contract awarding phase to the commissioning phase. Visit www.inexia-ingenierie.com, www.seaconsult.eu and www.swsengineering.it 16/08.Open invitation to tender, 16th December, 2008 for construction of the Frejus tunnel safety bore (lot 1) on the French side. The 12.9 km-long 9 m-wide bidirectional tunnel links Modane in France and Bardonecchia in Italy and is the major road connection between Lyon and Turin. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=251497-2008, OJ S 190, or contact SFTRF, Modane, fax +33 479053120. E-mail marchespublics@tunneldufrejus.com. Click here. 41/08.

Additional information notice covering restricted invitation to tender for installation work in Violay, Bussiere and Chalosset tunnels on A89 East Balbigny-La Tour de Salvagny section originally published under TED 221934. Refer to tunnelbuilder archive fr/45 for original notice. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=255375-2010. 35/10.

STIF, the Paris area transport authority, has approved the Line 4 extension between Montrouge and Bagneux. The 3.2 km underground extension will serve three new stations at Mairie de Montrouge, Verdun sud and Bagneux. The first phase comprises the construction of the Mairie de Montrouge station and the tunnel from Porte d'Orléans, for a cost of €144 million. Commissioning programmed for 2007. Visit www.stif-idf.fr 17/02.Negotiated procedure, deadline 21st July, 2006 for construction of the Porte d'Orleans-Montrouge extension on Line 4. The 1,477 m-long extension is divided in three lots and includes an underground station in Mairie de Montrouge. Read E-News Weekly 16/2005. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=118057-2006, OJ S 110, or contact RATP, Paris, fax +33 158769449. E-mail thomas.arrondeau@ratp.fr 25/06.A joint venture of BEC Frères, Soletanche Bachy, Urbaine de Travaux and Sotraisol Fondations bagged a EUR35.6 million contract to build lot T1 of the extension of Line 4 from Porte d'Orléans to Montrouge. This is a 677 m tunnel. Read E-News Weekly 16/2005. These companies also pocketed lot T3 of the tender for the construction of niches in the existing tunnel in Porte d'Orleans. Read E-News Weekly 14/2007. Visit www.becfreres.com, www.soletanche-bachy.com, www.fayat.com/2978-11197-11300-11641-11710/URBAINE-DE-TRAVAUX.htm, www.sotraisol.fr and http://extension-reseau.ratp.fr/m4 06/08.A joint venture of Razel and its parent company Bilfinger Berger bagged a EUR36.2 million contract to build lot T2. This is a 800 m tunnel and the Mairie de Montrouge station. Read E-News Weekly 16/2005. Visit www.razel.fr, www.bilfingerberger.de and http://extension-reseau.ratp.fr/m4 06/08.

Preliminary studies by Scetauroute approved by Metro, the Grenoble Metropolitan Area. Three variants are being considered. The first is a 2 m-diameter single tube. The second is a 2.7 m-diameter twin tube. They would both cross ll'íŽle Verte and the Bastille in tunnels. The third is a single bore that would cross the Bastille and Presqu'í®le in tunnels. Metro considers the project cost must be reduced scrapping the twin-tube option and opting for shallower depth under the Isère River and Presqu'í®le. Visit www.smtc-grenoble.org/Rapport 20PDU.pdf 47/01. Open call for bids, deadline 16th September, 2002 for engineering studies for the north ring road in Grenoble including eight alignment alternatives, all including tunnels, either single or twin bores. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=114159-2002, OJ S 144, or contact DDE de l'Isère, Grenoble, fax +33 476707784 or +33 476707898. 33/02. Open call for bids, deadline 1st October, 2002 for assistance during the planning and follow-up of the project consisting of a dual two-lane expressway including tunnels. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=130744-2002, OJ S 162, or contact DDE de l'Isère, Grenoble, fax +33 476707898. 35/02.Open call for bids, deadline 6th April, 2003 for assistance during the planning and management of the project consisting of a dual two-lane expressway including tunnels. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=030591-2003, OJ S 36, or contact DDE de l'Isère, Grenoble, fax +33 476707898. 09/03.Preinformation notice for engineering and technical consultancy services for the draft design, environmental impact study and public hearings for a dual two-lane freeway including tunnels. Tenders to be invited in October 2003. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=137631-2003, OJ S 151, or contact DDE de l'Isère, Grenoble, fax +33 476707898. E-mail sgt.dde-isere@equipement.gouv.fr 36/03.Open invitation to tender, deadline 28th November, 2003 for the draft design for a dual two-lane freeway including tunnels. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=191114-2003, OJ S 212, or contact DDE de l'Isère, Grenoble, fax +33 476707898. E-mail sgt.dde-isere@equipement.gouv.fr 46/03.Setec, Lavigne and Pade will carry out the conceptual design of a 5 km dual two-lane freeway, including a 2.5 km tunnel under the Bastille. Visit www.setec.fr 41/04.Open call for tenders, deadline 23rd November, 2007 for assistance for the management of Grenoble’s northern ring road. This 6 km dual-carriageway road link will connect two motorways, the A41 Grenoble-Chambéry in the east and the A480 Grenoble-Lyon in the west. Its route runs mainly underground, in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels or bored tunnels. To know more, read E-News Weekly 42/2007. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=244299-2007, OJ S 201, or contact Conseil général de l’Isère, Grenoble, fax +33 476003919. 43/07.A joint venture including CETu (Centre d'Etudes des Tunnels), CETE (Centre d'Etudes Techniques de l'Equipement), both under the Ministry of ecology, sustainable development and land planning, Bonnard et Gardel and its subsidiary Tonello scooped a EUR3.8 million contract for advise and general technical assistance for the north ring road in Grenoble. Read E-News Weekly 42/2007. Visit www.cetu.equipement.gouv.fr and www.bg-21.com 08/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 29th April, 2008 for general project management for the northern ring road in Grenoble, a 2 x 6 km road link to connect the A41 and A480 highways. Its route is mainly underground, in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels or deep bored tunnels. Read E-News Weekly 42/2007. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=78755-2008, OJ S 58, or contact Conseil général de l'Isère, Grenoble, fax +33 476003919. 14/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 13th May, 2008 for geotechnical studies for the northern ring road in Grenoble, a 2 x 6 km road link to connect the A41 and A480 highways. Its route is mainly underground, in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels or deep bored tunnels. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=90605-2008, OJ S 67, or contact Conseil général de l'Isère, Grenoble, fax +33 476003919. 16/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 13th May, 2008 for hydrogeological study for the northern ring road in Grenoble, a 2 x 6 km road link to connect the A41 and A480 highways. Its route is mainly underground, in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels or deep bored tunnels. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=90606-2008, OJ S 67, or contact Conseil général de l'Isère, Grenoble, fax +33 476003919. 16/08.Sogreah won the tender for the hydrogeological study for the northern ring road in Grenoble, a 2 x 6 km road link to connect the A41 and A480 highways. Its route is mainly underground, in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels or deep bored tunnels. Visit www.sogreah.fr 32-33/08.A joint venture led by Egis Route, with Ilex, Sogreah and Strates as partners, pocketed a EUR3 million contract for general project management for the northern ring road in Grenoble, a 2 x 6 km road link to connect the A41 and A480 highways. Its route is mainly underground, in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels or deep bored tunnels. Visit www.egis.fr 37/08.The geotechnical studies have been commissioned to Fondasol. Visit www.fondasol.fr 37/08.