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Contract of 440 million U.S. for Bouygues

Big contract for Bouygues in the United States. His division of Public Works, a subsidiary of Bouygues Construction, will build a road tunnel in Miami for $ 440 million. A contract was awarded by Miami Access Tunnel, the project company, as part of a public-private partnership signed with the Florida Department of Transportation.

"This tunnel will provide a second access road to the port of Miami, which is essential for its development. Located on the island of Dodge, is currently served by a single road.This new access road, which will be connected to the motorway network MacArthur Causeway, will become the main track for freight traffic and will thus relieve the center of many trucks pass through "the group said in a statement.

750 people mobilized

For Bouygues, it will include extending six meters MacArthur Bridge over a length of 800 meters. The group will also build two parallel tunnels, each 1,100 meters and 12.3 meters in diameter, and access roads. The group will also undertake the development of road connections to the network port, the electromechanical underground parts, the automatic traffic control and construction of farm buildings.

A site that should Altogether last 55 months for Bouygues and start in mid-2010.750 people are expected, at peak, be mobilized on the project.