Proposed new main railway to link the capitals of the Basque provinces of Alava, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa will require 10 km, 21.3 km and 58.7 km of tunnels respectively. To monitor progress, read Boletin Oficial del Estado at www.boe.es June 2000.Open call for bids, deadline 19th July, 2004 for sinking underground the Bilbao-Donostia line of the Basque railways in Durango. Section I (contract A) runs from Iurreta to Durango and is a 1,527 m double track, whereof 1,097 m in cut and cover, an underground three-basement car park and Durango station. Budget: EUR36.5 million. Time frame: 32 months. Section II Durango-Trana (contract B) is a 2,713 m dual track, whereof 1,791 m in tunnel. Budget: EUR36.3 million. Time frame: 38 months. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=091162-2004, OJ S 109, or contact Eusko Tren, Bilbao, fax +34 944019916 or 944233738. E-mail contratacion@euskotren.es 26/04.Ferrovial Agroman and Construcciones Balzona secured a EUR28.1 million contract to take underground the Iurreta-Durango section of the Basque railways between Bilbao and Donostia. The first section is a 1,527 m double track, including 1,097 m of cut-and-cover tunnel, an underground three-basement car park and Durango station. Visit www.ferrovial.es and www.euskotren.es 16/05.Altuna y Uria, Construcciones Mariezcurrena and Coprosa will sink underground section II from Durango to Trana, for EUR28.1 million. This a 2,713 m dual track, whereof 1,791 m in tunnel and one station. Visit www.coprosa.es 16/05.