Work starts on Gilon tunnel
24 April 2012,
15:15:00
ISRAEL: On April 23 the joint venture of
local construction company Danya Cebus and China Civil Engineering Construction
Corp began work on a 4·6 km twin-bore tunnel that will carry the new Acre -
Carmiel line under Gilon mountain. The ceremony was attended by the Chinese
Ambassador to Israel Gao Yanping, as well as Mayor of Carmiel Adi Eldar. Work is
being undertaken under a US$276m contract awarded to Danya Cebus and CCECC in
2011 by Israel National Roads Company Ltd, which is also responsible for rail
projects. Transport Minister Yisrael Katz has announced that design work is due
to start later this year on extending the 23 km Acre - Carmiel line to
Kiryat-Shmona near the border with Lebanon.
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