Open call for tenders, deadline 19th December, 2005 for safety and health coordination during design and construction of the north-south axis in Marseille, including the 1 km Joliette tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=206141-2005, OJ S 209, or contact Communaute Urbaine Marseille Provence Metropole, Marseille, fax +33 491997196 or 491997171. 47/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 20th December, 2005 for engineering for safety aspects regarding the north-south axis in Marseille, including the 1 km Joliette tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=212466-2005, OJ S 215, or contact Communaute Urbaine Marseille Provence Metropole, Marseille, fax +33 491997196 or 491997171. 47/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 6th January, 2006 for aeraulics studies for the 1 km Joliette tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=213298-2005, OJ S 215, or contact Communaute Urbaine Marseille Provence Metropole, Marseille, fax +33 491997196 or 491997171. 47/05.Open call for bids, deadline 23rd March, 2006 for safety engineering for the 1 km Joliette tunnel in Marseille. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=021137-2006, OJ S 19, or contact Communaute Urbaine Marseille Provence Metropole, Marseille, fax +33 491997196 or 491997171. 06/06.The Centre d'Etude des Tunnels (CETu) received a EUR67,600 contract for engineering for safety aspects regarding the north-south axis in Marseille, including the 1 km Joliette tunnel. Visit www.cetu.equipement.gouv.frAlstom Bergeron received a EUR61,000 contract for aeraulics studies for the 1 km-long Joliette tunnel in Marseille. Visit www.cerg-alstom.com 20/06.Notice of concession, deadline 24th April, 2007 for design, financing, and construction of the Prado Sud tunnel in Marseille, related technical amenities, accesses and traffic supervision and management facilities. This is an approx. 2 x 1.4 km toll tunnel with two lanes per tube, with height limited to 3.2 m. The tunnel will be forbidden to vehicles heavier than 3.5 tonnes and those carrying dangerous cargoes. Read E-News Weekly 8/2007 for more. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=47456-2007, OJ S 39, or contact Communauté urbaine Marseille Provence Métropole, Marseille, fax +33 491997196 or 491997171. E-mail anne-marie.queyrel@marseille-provence.fr or denis.savino@marseille-provence.fr 10/07.The Marseille Provence Metropolis Urban Community has selected the consortium led by VINCI Concessions (58.5%) in partnership with Eiffage (41.5%) for the financing, design, construction, maintenance and operation of the Prado Sud toll tunnel in Marseille. The project consists of a public service management contract with a concession duration of 46 years, including the design and build period. The 1.5 km Prado Sud tunnel will be an extension to the Prado Carénage tunnel and will link the A50 motorway to the local road network at Avenue du Prado 2 and Boulevard Michelet. There will be two traffic decks, both with two lanes in both directions, with width restrictions and a height restriction of 3.20 m. The design complies with current regulatory requirements in terms of safety, and will be equipped with a permanent monitoring system. The total investment amount is EUR193 million, of which EUR146 million for the studies and construction. Construction will be carried out by a consortium of VINCI Construction France (58.5%) and Eiffage Travaux Publics (41.5%). Operation of the toll tunnel will be entrusted to the Société Marseillaise du Tunnel Prado Carénage, whose shareholders are VINCI and Eiffage. The tunnel should begin operating in spring 2013. Read E-News Weekly 8/2007. Visit www.vinci.com and www.travauxpublics.eiffage.com 07/08.