Acciona and Nye Veier, the Norwegian state highway authority, have reached an agreement to proceed to the next stage of the design and construction of the E6 Ranheim-Værnes highway.

Work is scheduled to begin once the zoning plans for the municipalities of Trondheim, Malvik and Stjørdal are approved. Since the project was awarded in 2018, Acciona has carried out basic design work with Nye Veier under the client-contractor partnership model being implemented in the Norwegian public works market. The company engaged Ramboll and Leonhard Nilsen & Sonner AS as subcontractors to the project. The basic design work included how to reduce the risk of unforeseen circumstances. It also optimised the road’s design to improve safety and traffic flow during the construction phase.

The Ranheim to Vaernes leg of the E6 highway is 23 km long. It will be expanded from two to four lanes and will include 3 tunnels to improve the flow of traffic as well as its safety. The route, which includes 8 bridges, will largely follow the old road, with the exception of the tunnels, which will run parallel to the existing ones. This new infrastructure is aimed at improving connectivity in the northern part of Trondelag County, in central Norway.  Click no/106 for the tunnelbuilder archive and also click here and here for further information.  22/20.