Prague launches tender for first section of new metro line

by   CIJ iDesk I
2020-01-07   10:27
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Prague's transportation company DPP will launch a public tender for the construction of the first portion of the new metro line which will include the construction of a new transfer station at Pankrac, the new Olbrachtova station and the tunnels connecting them. DPP began preparations for the work last summer with a geological survey that exposed the complex situation underground that the contractor will have to deal with. Completion is expected to take roughly 7.5 years and will cost an estimated CZK 10.8bn. DPP's director Petr Witowski told the Czech News Agency that this first portion of the D line would be the most complicated of the entire project and would require the strongest possible supplier. No contractor with annual turnover of less than CZK 5bn for the past three years will be considered.