Tendering for connection to Belfast-Dublin motorway at Santry involving 2.1 km cut-and-cover and 2.4 km of twin tunnel at 20 m depth in limestones and clays. NATM techniques likely. March 1999.
Five prequalified joint venture consortia invited to bid. Appraisal will take three months with award expected well before Easter, 2000 for a start late-Spring. November 1999.
Prequalified joint ventures named as Hegarty, Dumez-GTM, and Ostu Stettin; Portlink Consortium of Miller, Nuttall, Ascon, and Beton u Monierbau; Amec, Spie Batignolles and Mulcair; Irishenco, Mowlem and Nishimatsu; and Campenon Bernard SGE, SIAC and Universale Bau. NATM techniques most favoured for 2.4 km-long link. November 1999.
