Genoa subport tunnel, 800 million contract signed

The 803 million contract between Autostrade per l'Italia and Webuild to build lot B of the Genoa subport tunnel, the central part of the route under the port and the city's urban fabric, was signed today in Rome at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport. This is the most complex section of the intervention, which makes the subport tunnel one of the most challenging underground works to be built in Italy. For the excavation Webuild will use a mechanical mole with a diameter of approximately 16 metres, among the largest ever used in the country. The creation of over 700 direct and third-party jobs is expected.

The signature follows the award last July and took place in the presence of the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Edoardo Rixi, the Sub-Commissioner for the Reconstruction of Genoa Carlo De Simone, the CEO of Autostrade per l'Italia Arrigo Giana and the CEO of Webuild Pietro Salini.

"It is a concrete step towards the creation of a strategic work for Genoa - highlights Rixi -. We are transforming a vision that has been awaited for years into an infrastructure capable of improving urban mobility, strengthening the competitiveness of the port and restoring spaces to the city". "A decisive step towards a strategic work that will strengthen the efficiency of the port and improve the quality of urban mobility - comments De Simone -. In the meantime, lot A is moving towards completion with strategic interventions carried out such as the new railway tunnel, the Lanterna tour, the new port road network, the construction of the San Bartolomeo river spillway".

"The Genoa subport tunnel - says Giana - is a work in which the synergy between the various skills of our Group is best expressed. From the engineering and design skills of Tecne, up to the construction capacity of Amplia which completed all the activities of the first phase in line with the timetable and the cost forecast. Delivering an infrastructure unique in the country in terms of complexity and landscape vision to the city of Genoa on time has been and continues to be a priority for us". "We are bringing the best of Italian engineering to Genoa to build the country's first underwater tunnel - Salini remarks - a work that represents an engineering challenge of the highest level".