Open tendering, deadline 17th July, 2000, for technical assistance for the construction of metro Line 5. Contact Ministry of Public Works, Generalitat Valenciana, fax +34 963 866404. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int July 2000. Work underway on single-tube, 45-50 sq m section, 2.4 km-long cut-and-cover extension of line 5 between Alameda and Parque de Ayora with two intermediate stations. Design by Iberinsa, construction by Necso, Dragados and Torres Camara for completion mid-2003. Visit www.iberinsa.es 13/01. Open invitation to tender for engineering design for extension to line 5. Contact FGV, Valencia, fax +34 96 3976580. Visit www.boe.es and http://ted.eur-op.eu.int 30/01. Civil engineering consulting contract awarded to a jv of Gestec and Prointec for €1.2 million, dealing with the construction of a 2.2 km metro access to Torrent, one kilometre of which will be underground, plus a new 75 m-long double-track station, beneath Plaza Unií³n Musical. Lines 1 and 3, both single track, already serve Torrent using the Valencian autonomous railway station. Visit www.cop.gva.es/fgv 11/02. Works to sink 3 km of existing tracks between Quart de Poblet and Manises, west of Valencia, on the future Line 5 extension from Mislata to Ribarroja and Manises airport are set to commence early-2003. Completion in 2005. The six stations will all be underground. 16/02. Award to Ferrovial of a 2.2 km access to Torrent, 1 km of which underground, plus an underground station. Contract value of €20 million. Visit www.ferrovial.es and www.cop.gva.es/fgv 17/02.Award to Dimetronic of a €3.35 million contract for the signalling, communication and control systems on Line 5 between La Alameda and Parque de Ayora. Visit www.dimetronic.es 17/02. Open call for bids, deadline 10th February, 2003 for construction (infrastructure, architecture and station equipment) of the Mislata-Quart de Poblet section on Line 5. This is the first out of three sections planned to extend the line to the airport. The extension starts in Mislata-Almassil station, crosses the V-30 and Turia river, runs on the left side of V-30, crosses the Valencia-Ribarroja railway and carries on the left side of it. The line ends in the vicinity of the Refracta plant. There will be two stations in Faitanar and Quart de Poblet. TBM excavation to start in March 2003. Tender value: €30.6 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=199065-2002, OJ S 249, or contact Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana, Valencia, fax +34 963976580. E-mail juan.caraval@coput.m400.gva.es 01/03. Open call for bids, deadline 11th March, 2003 for consultancy services for the construction of line 5, sections Mislata-Quart del Poblet and Quart del Poblet-Manises. Tender value: €3.5 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=012544-2003 or contact FGV, Valencia, fax +34 963976580. E-mail juan.caraval@coput.m400.gva.es and vicente.serranol@coput.m400.gva.es 05/03. Necso, Dragados and Torrescamara y Cí­a de Obras have been awarded a €21.7 million contract to build the Mislata-Quart de Poblet section of Line 5 extension to the airport. TBM excavation. 16/03.Gestec has won the work control and construction management of sections Mislata-Quart de Poblet and Quart de Poblet-Manises of Line 5, for €2.7 million. Visit www.coput.gva.es 21/03.Open call for tenders, deadline 3rd January, 2005 for construction of section Quart de Poblet-Manises on metro line 5, a 2.1 km extension west of the line, and architecture and equipment of three stations in El Carmen, Manises Centro and Manises Mercado. Work to commence in April 2005. Budget: EUR42.2 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=193872-2004, OJ S 225, or contact Generalitat valenciana, Valencia, fax +34 963866425. 49/04.Dragados, Necso and Torrescamara signed a EUR27.7 million deal to build section Quart de Poblet-Manises on Line 5. This is a 2.1 km extension west of the line. The contract also includes architectural services and equipment of El Carmen, Manises Centro and Manises Mercado stations. Subscribe to E-News Weekly 25/2005. Visit www.dragados.com and www.necso.es 26/05.Open call for bids, deadline 12th March, 2007 for preliminary design of the Line 1 extension of Valencia’s metro, section Angel Guimera-Peris y Valero. The Line 1 extension has been divided into two subsections. One runs from Angel Guimera to Peris y Valero while the other goes from Peris y Valero to the new La Fe hospital. The total investment for this project is estimated at EUR172 million. It includes the construction of a new 3.5 km subterranean stretch with four stations (Bailen, Peris y Valero, Ausias March and La Fe). The first phase, between Angel Guimera and Peris y Valero, is 2.1 km long and includes the first two stations. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=21238-2007, OJ S 18, or contact GTP, Valencia, fax +34 963976465. E-mail cotino_pab@gva.es or quesada_est@gva.es 08/07.Typsa scooped a EUR900,000 contract to do the preliminary design of the Line 1 extension of Valencia's metro, section Angel Guimera-Peris y Valero. The extension includes the construction of a new 3.5 km subterranean stretch with four stations (Bailen, Peris y Valero, Ausias March and La Fe). The first phase, between Angel Guimera and Peris y Valero, is 2.1 km long and includes the first two stations. Visit www.typsa.es 20/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 18th February, 2008 for design of the Plaza de Ayuntamiento-Antiguo Cauce section of Line 2 of the metro tram in Valencia. This section is a 1,584 m-long twin bored section to be constructed using a TBM. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=307192-2007, OJ S 250, or contact GVA, Valencia, fax +34 963976465. E-mail galdon_sus@gva.es 02/08.