Webuild-led consortium awarded €1bn railway contract in Sicily

A consortium headed by Italian construction group Webuild has won a €1 billion contract to add capacity to the railway line connecting the two cities on Catania and Messina in Sicily.

The contract sees Webuild take a 70% stake in the project, with its consortium partner Pizzarotti holding the other 30%.

Italian railway management company Rete Ferroviaria Italiana awarded the contract, which is related to works to be undertaken along the Giampilieri–Fiumefreddo section of the line.

Webuild - which is already working on a near €200 million project on the line between Catania and the island's capital Palermo - says the new contract is focused on the construction of a new 28.3km line and all related infrastructure works, including signalling, communications and electrification.

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The contract also calls for the excavation of two single tunnels, six parallel tunnels and seven viaducts, and the new line will be built further inland than the existing connection, with the majority running through the tunnels.

The Webuild-led consortium will also construct a new underground station and five overground stations.

The Catania-Messina connection, when completed, will form part of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T), which is part of the EU's sustainable mobility initiative.

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