Invitation to tender for detailed design of twin-tube 300 m-long natural tunnel and two 150 m-long cut and cover tunnels as part of $600 million, 35 km-long Tamarins north-south road between St Denis and St Paul funded by European Union. Contact Region Reunion, Moufia, BP 7190 97717. 29/01. Ministry of Public Works feasibility study for tramway with 6 km in tunnel between Saint Denis and La Possession at projected cost of $1 billion for 2005 construction start. For business connections visit www.runisland.com 31/01. Tenders invited, deadline 13th December, 2001, for technical studies for the Cap-La-Houssaye tunnel and the Rempart de Saint-Paul cut-and-cover on Route des Tamarins. 2 x 350 m-long tunnel, 94 sq m, to be conventionally driven with the complement of a stone crusher and drill/blast through volcanic breccias. Rockbolts, possibly lattice girders, and shotcrete. Concrete final lining. Preliminary studies by CETU. Work from mid-2004 to mid-2005. 2 x 150 m cut-and-cover, 5.5 m high walls, and 8 m radius 14.5 m-wide vaults through hard basalt and scoriaceous layers. Work from early-2004 to early-2005. Civil engineering studies by CETE. Tenders for excavation second half 2002 for both. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int, document S 221-152496 or fax +33 2 62402929, Reunion Regional Council. Also visit www.reunion.equipement.gouv.fr 49/01. Contract for technical studies of first section of road RD10 including the 2 x 350 m Cap La Houssaye tunnel plus 2 x 150 m cut-and-cover awarded to Scetauroute for €687,000. Visit www.reunion.equipement.gouv.fr 19/02. Open call for bids, deadline 7th November, 2002 for survey services including the detailed project, the social and economical costs and the assessment of the economical impact of the Route des Tamarins. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=143103-2002, OJ S 181, or contact Conseil régional de la Réunion, Saint-Denis, fax +262 487234. E-mail clement.padre@cr-reunion.fr and region.reunion@cr-reunion.fr 39/02. Preinformation notice for construction of Route des Tamarins, section 1 from Saint-Paul to RD 10. Contract 4 is for a viaduct and the Rempart de Saint-Paul cut-and-cover tunnel, 2 x 150 m. Value: €50-€75 million. Contract 6 is for construction of the portals of the Cap-la-Houssaye tunnel, 2 x 350 m. Value: €5-€8 million. Contract 9 is for construction of the Cap-la-Houssaye tunnel. Value: €30- €45 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=007168-2003, OJ S 10, or contact Conseil régional, Saint-Denis, fax +262 487070 or 7234. E-mail jean-louis.cariou@cr-reunion.fr 04/03.Restricted procedure, deadline 5th September, 2003 for construction of Route des Tamarins, first section Saint-Paul / local road RD10, including a three-lane twin-tube tunnel in Cap-la-Houssaye, length 333 m and 288 m. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=133597-2003, OJ S 147, or contact Conseil régional, Saint-Denis, fax +262 402929. 33/03.