China Railway Tunnel to construct tunnel in Uzbekistan for US$455m
10/09/2013 15:31
China Railway Tunnel to construct tunnel in Uzbekistan for US$455m
10/09/2013 15:31
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- China Railway Tunnel signed a contract with the state joint stock railway company Uzbekistan Temir Yollari for construction of tunnel through Qamchiq pass with the cost of US$455million.
Within the contract the Chinese company will construct tunnel with the length of 19 km for movement of railway and adit tunnel, which will be used in case of accident. It is planned to complete construction in July 2016.
Uzbekistan Temir Yollari started construction of new electrified railway Angren-Pap with the length of 129 km in July 2013. The railway will pass through Qamchiq pass and link Ferghana Valley (Andijan, Namangan and Ferghana regions) with other part of Uzbekistan.
The project with preliminary cost of US$1.9 billion will be financed due to loans of international financial institutions for US$1 billion and own resources of the Uzbek side. It is planned to complete final version of the feasibility study by the end of 2013. The construction works will take five years.
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