The C-16 Llobregat trunk road between Naví s and Berga will be dualled to be converted into a highway. The 20.3 km section will require to build three tunnels totalling 835 metres. Work start in 2004 for completion in 2007. Cost of €148 million. 22/02.Open call for tenders, deadline 14th April, 2005 for design of the Gerri de la Sal bypass on road N-260 in Lleida province. It is a 2.3 km section for a double carriageway carrying two 3.5 m-wide lanes. There will be two tunnels, 905 m and 205 m in length. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=021449-2005, OJ S 22, or contact Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 915978537. 06/05.Intecsa-Inarsa bagged a EUR1.6 million contract to design the Valls-Montblanc section on motorway A-27 Tarragona-Montblanc in Tarragona province. This 7.3 km section includes a 1.8 km tunnel under the Sierra de Miramar through Lilla Pass. Visit www.intecsa-inarsa.es 33-34/05.Geoteyco and Incosa pocketed a EUR361,000 contract to design the Gerri de la Sal bypass on road N-260 in Lleida province. It is a 2.3 km section for a double carriageway carrying two 3.5 m-wide lanes. There will be two tunnels, 905 m and 205 m in length. Visit www.geoteyco.es and www.incosa.net 33-34/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 6th May, 2008 for construction of the Valls-Montblanc bypass on the Tarragona-Montblanc motorway A-27. The 5.1 km section includes the Lilla tunnel, which consists of two bores of 1,565.50 m (left tube) and 1,567.41 m (right tube) whereof 1,476.80 and 1,477.47 m mined respectively. The two tunnels will be separated by 40.5 m and will have a gradient of 2.5%. Pedestrian cross-passages each 200 metres will connect the two tubes, the one in the middle being also for emergency vehicles. There will also be a 40 m x 3 m lay-by. The tunnel will be constructed in accordance with NATM, by means of mechanical excavator or drilling and blasting. The support will consist of fibre-reinforced shotcrete, bolts and steel arches. The tunnel mouths will be built by installing canopies of 37 steel pipes, 20 m long. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=60690-2008, OJ S 44, or contact Ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915978547 or 915978470. E-mail jmmendoza@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 11/08.Acciona Infraestructuras concluded a EUR81.4 million deal with the Ministry of development to build the Valls-Montblanc bypass on the Tarragona-Montblanc motorway A-27. The 5.1 km section includes the Lilla tunnel, which consists of two bores of 1,565.50 m (left tube) and 1,567.41 m (right tube). Click es/89 for more details. Visit www.acciona-infraestructuras.es 31/08.