Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (Gruppo FS Italiane) awarded to the consortium composed of Webuild (leader 70%) and Pizzarotti (30%) the EUR640 million design-and-build contract, safety costs included, for Fiumefreddo-Taormina/Letojanni Functional Lot 1 - a subsection of the Giampilieri-Fiumefreddo section of the railway. The lot concerns work along 15 km of the railway between Messina and Catania, from Fiumefreddo to Taormina/Letojanni. It includes an interconnection at Taormina/Letojanni, the dismantling of installations along the existing line between Fiumefreddo and the link with the old line. The latest contract will also involve the construction of an underground station at Taormina, an artificial tunnel at Fiumefreddo, three tunnels at Calatabiano, Letojanni and Taormina, and two viaducts at Fogliarino torrent and the Alcantara viaduct.
Contact RFI, attn Giuseppe Albanese , Rome, email fa.italiano@rfi.it. Visit https://www.fsnews.it/ and https://www.webuildgroup.com. Ref. n. DAC.0152.2020. 25/21.
