The City of The Hague has prequalified seven proponents for construction of the Hubertus tunnel, a 1.6 km twin-tube tunnel for two lanes in each bore. They are Heijmans / Boskalis / Hochtief; De Smet / Van Laere / Spie Batignolles; Koop / Bouygues; consortium Saturn including Dura Vermeer, Walter Bau/Dywidag and Zueblin; consortium Comol including Vinci, CFE, TBI Beton-en Waterbau and Welling; BAM NBM / VHB; and Ballast Nedam / Strukton. Tunnelling method to be probably a slurry shield, although this is left to the contractor's choice. Bored length: 2 x 1,490 m, the rest being in cut-and-cover. Also five cross passages between the two tubes. Bid submission due on 2nd June, 2004 for award on 30th June, 2004. Work to start in September 2004. 18/04.The 1.6 km-long 9.6 m-inner diameter Hubertus tunnel will be built by BAM Civiel, its German affiliate Wayss & Freytag, and Van Hattum en Blankevoort for EUR95 million. This twin bored tunnel will accommodate two lanes per tube, with five cross connections. It is the last missing link on The Hague's north ring road and the longest urban road tunnel in the Netherlands. The tunnel will be excavated by TBM. Completion is scheduled for the spring of 2008. Visit www.bam.nl and www.wf-ib.de 33-34/04.Nebest will supervise the installation of the technical equipment in the 1.6 km-long 9.6 m-inner diameter Hubertus tunnel. Visit www.nebest.nl and www.wf-ingbau.de/en/corecapabilities/projects/hubertustunnel_netherlands.php 09/06.Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 1st September, 2008 for engineering and conceptual design for a new entry into the city of The Hague from the south, called the Trekvliettracé, including a more than 1 km bored tunnel and connecting roads at both ends (Ypenburg and Binckhorst harbour). The contract includes also air and acoustic studies. This is a dual two-lane road with design speed of 70 km/hour. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=154832-2008, OJ S 116, or contact City of The Hague, The Hague, fax +31 703536485. E-mail aanbesteden@dsb.denhaag.nl 28/08.