Leonhard Nilsen & Sønner AS from Risoyhamn secured the EUR116.17 million (NOK1.18 bn) contract, excluding VAT, for the Tromsø – Alta E6 section under the Kvænangsfjellet, a weather-exposed high mountain pass. The contract scope is a total of 13 km - because parts of the current E6 are being maintained as they are – and it has been divided into three lots:  Oksfjordhamn — Tverrelva (Lot 1), Tverrelva – Sandneselva (Lot 2) and Sandneselva – Karvik (Lot 3). 

In total, the project consists of: 

• two tunnels, with a combined total of 5.6 km (including the portals):  the 2.1km Mettevoll Tunnel/Mettevolltunnelen (assessing possible shortening of the tunnel and other measures for landslide protection in the area);  the 3.5 km Kvænangsfjell Tunnel/ Kvænangsfjell tunnelen 

• open air road totalling approx. 7 600 m; 

• construction of Suselva [the Sus River]; 

• improvement of two tight curves between Rakkeneslia and Sørstrømmen. 

Contact  Nye Veier AS, attn Are Sangvik Grandal, Kristiansand, tel. +47 47235666, email Are.Grandal@nyeveier.no.  For further on tender, please click here and here. 15/21.