Lantis, the project developer responsible for the
prestigious Oosterweel link, which will complete the Antwerp Ring Road, has
awarded the EUR 570 million contract for the construction of the Scheldt tunnel
to the Tijdelijke Handelsvennootschap Combinatie Oosterweeltunnel (THV COTU)
consortium.THV COTU is composed of the Belgian construction groups DEME, BESIX,
BAM Contractors and Jan De Nul.
The 1.8km Scheldt tunnel, to be built according to the
‘immersed tube’method, will close the Antwerp Ring Road on the north side.
Eight tunnel elements of approximately 60,000 t each will be built in the inner
port of Zeebrugge and then towed to Antwerp via the North Sea and the Western
Scheldt, where they will be immersed in a pre-dredged trench in the River
Scheldt in Antwerp.
The first preparatory work will start in the autumn of 2020.
Construction work for the tunnel itself will begin after the summer of 2021. For
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