Four bidders express interest in Athens metro expansion project
10/08/2017 11:50
ATHENS, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Four bidders have expressed
interest in Greece's tender for a 1.45 billion euro ($1.70
billion) project to expand the Athens metro, state-owned Attiko
Metro said on Thursday.
The interested investors are Greek contractor GEK Terna with
France's Vinci SGEF.PA and Siemens SIEGn.DE ; J&P Avax
AVAr.AT with Italy's Ghella and France's Alstom ALSO.PA ;
Greek construction firm Aktor HELr.AT with Hitachi Rail Italy;
Spain's FCC FCC.MC with Archirodon and Mytilineos MYTr.AT .
State-owned Attiko Metro will complete a shortlist of
potential contractors by the end of the year. Short-listed
investors will then have to submit technical and financial bids
for the project, which will be co-financed by European funds and
loans by the European Investment Bank.
Construction of the 13km expansion is expected to begin in
2019 and will be completed within eight years.
($1 = 0.8532 euros)
(Reporting by Lefteris Papadimas; Writing by Karolina Tagaris)
((karolina.tagaris@thomsonreuters.com; +30 210 3376 469;
Reuters Messaging: karolina.tagaris.reuters.com@reuters.net))
Keywords: GREECE METRO/BIDDERS