On 05.07.2012 excavation was completed at the 990 m-long Cerzone tunnel (km 4,500 - km 5,450) on the road bypass to the SS 212 between Pietrelcina junction and San Marco dei Cavoti interchange in Italy’s Benevento province. Total cost was EUR7 million. The carriageway width will be 10.5 m for two 3.75 m lanes. The new Fortorina road is 17 km-long with four rock tunnels, three cut/cover tunnels, eight viaducts and seven interchanges. Click here for video and it/108 for tunnelbuilder archive. Visit www.stradeanas.it.

On 10.07.2012 the 1,229 m-long Serralunga tunnel, with 48 m in cut/cover on the link road between Piana di Campo Felice and Altopiano delle Rocche on the Parco Sirente Velino SS 696. The works, awarded to Oberosler at end-2011, will be completed end-2012 after a total investment EUR19 million. For more click here and here. 28/12.