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Sweden, Helsingborg - se/19

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Feasibility study by Scandiaconsult and Cowi has proposed a second, single-tube, rail-only Oresund link between Helsingborg, Sweden and Helsingor, Denmark. The job could be completed for less than $1 billion by using a combination of cut-and-cover and immersed tube at the coasts, linked by a 4 km-long, 8.4 m-diameter bored central section. Geology is chalk, limestone and sand. Decision expected 2002 for entry into service 2009. Contact at www.cowi.dk or www.scc.se March 2000.Open call for tenders, deadline 26th June, 2006 for geotechnical and geological consultancy for a station and railway tunnel in central Helsingborg. The tunnel is composed of a north section (3.3 km) and a south section (1,330 m) and would be connected to the HH tunnel across the Oresund strait to Helsingor in Denmark (read E-News Weekly 13/2006). Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=082203-2006, OJ S 78, or contact Helsingborg Stad, Helsingborg, fax +46 702242208. E-mail borge.knutsson@helsingborg.se 20/06.



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