Proposed third metro line will link Ruoholati with Lauttasaari along an alignment yet to be decided up to 17 km long. Sections Grasviken to Drumso and Bjorkholmen to Otnas will be in twin 25 sq m tunnels using drill/blast with rockbolts and sprayed concrete. Final design underway with invitations to tender expected late-2002 for a start in 2003. July 2000.Accelerated restricted invitation to tender, deadline 24th September, 2008 for engineering related to the 13.9 km western extension of the Helsinki metro to Espoo. The section will all run underground in a twin tube tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=234626-2008, http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=234627-2008, http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=234628-2008, http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=234629-2008, http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=234630-2008, http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=234631-2008, OJ S 176, or contact Länsimetro, Espoo, tel. +358 503471558 or fax +358 9141132. E-mail etunimi.sukunimi@espoo.fr or etunimi.sukunimi@sweco.fi. Visit www.lansimetro.fi 38/08.Länsimetro, which is owned jointly by the cities of Helsinki and Espoo, has awarded Sweco a project management contract, worth close to EUR10 million, in connection with the western extension of Helsinki's sole metro line that will link Helsinki and Espoo. The project is the largest infrastructure initiative of all time in Finland, with an estimated price tag of around EUR700 million. The western metro extension consists of a 13.5 km subway section with a total of eight stations (Lauttasaari, Koivusaari, Keilaniemi, Otaniemi, Tapiola, Niittymaa, provision made for a later station in Niittykumpu and Matinkylä), starting from the present end of the line in Ruoholahti. The extension will be completely underground. One of the biggest challenges will be to plan the extensive construction activities and material transports to avoid disruption to local residents or existing traffic flows during the building phase. The line extension is scheduled for completion at the end of 2013. Visit www.sweco.se and www.lansimetro.fi 40/08.Rock and tunnel engineering design contracts value EUR1.3 million awarded to Poyry by Lansimetro Oy for the Keilaniemi and Matinkyla tunnels and 5 stations together with HVAC and electrical engineering for the tunnels and shafts section of the whole 14 km-long Western Metro extension. Visit www.poyry.com. Lansimetro has commenced gathering information for a proposed restricted invitation to tender, deadline 30.12.2009, for extensive related activities such as quarrying, material transport and trackwork. More information from Matti Kokkinen at Lansimetro in Espoo, tel +358 503471558, e-mail matti.kokkinen@espoo.fi, to whom expressions of interest, requests to participate, and tenders should be sent. Sweco in Helsinki may also be approached through Kari Auranen, Ulla Valtonen, or Aku Kallio, tel +358 108205000, e-mail etunimi.sukunimi@sweco.fi. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=044279-2009 11/09.