Awarded to RFI (Gruppo FS Italiane) part of the Joint Venture Webuild SpA (leader) with Impresa Pizzarotti & C SpA and Astaldi SpA and to the designer Joint Venture composed of Rocksoil SpA  with Proger SpA  and Pini Swiss Engineers Srl  is the EUR1.003 bn contract, excluding VAT,  for the detailed design and construction of the  Giampilieri- Fiumefreddo railway, lot 2 Taormina-Giampilieri, on the Messina-Catania line.

Work on the lot includes the construction of a new railway for 28.3 km that will include the civil and related works such as electrification, signalling and communications. It will also include the excavation of two natural single tunnels, six parallel tunnels and seven viaducts. The Taormina-Giampilieri lot will be part of a new line between Messina and Catania that will join the existing one ahead of the Fiumfreddo station, then reconnect it to at the Giampilieri station. Most of the line will be through tunnels and further away from the coast than the existing line. It will include a hub at Fiumefreddo, a new underground station at Taormina, five new open-air stops. The Letojanni station will remain.  Contact RFI, attn Giuseppe Albanese , Rome, email fa.italiano@rfi.it. For further information on the tender click here. Also visit - 

https://www.rfi.it/, https://www.webuildgroup.com/en/ and https://www.pizzarotti.it/english/default.aspx. Ref. n. DAC.0153.2020. 11/21.