Open invitation to tender, deadline 20th May, 2008 for assistance to the preparation and signing of a PPP contract for the L2 ring road in Marseille. The L2 ring road is a 9 km infrastructure to join highways A50 to Aubagne and Toulon in the east and A7 to Aix-en-Provence in the north. The 5.2 km east section will open in 2011. Its construction is under way. The 2 x three-lane north section will run in shallow cut-and-cover tunnel on 75% of its 3.8 km alignment. The north section will open in 2015. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=59763-2008, OJ S 43, and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=96056-2008, OJ S 72, or contact DRE PACA, Marseille, fax +33 491284366. Visit www.l2marseille.com 12/08.
