The Basque government will continue work on the TAV tunnel between Zaratamo and Bilbao. to carry out

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The Government of Spain has entrusted the Basque Government with the management of: tunnel works between Zaratamo and the center of Bilbao of the new high-speed train network, as announced by the Ministry of Territorial Planning, Housing and Transport.

Euskal Trenbide Sarea will be responsible for the management and execution of these works on the access corridor to the Bilbao-Abando Station The agreement, which will soon be signed by the Basque government, the central government and the ADIF (railway infrastructure manager) for an eight-year renewable period, was approved by the board of directors on Tuesday.

For example, the agreement states that ADIF Alta Velocidad entrusts the Basque administration with: drafting the construction project and their alteredthe hiring Yes execution of workas well as the construction instructions for the platform for the standard gauge access corridor to the lower level of the future Bilbao station.

According to the department headed by Iñaki Arriola, the section is awaiting final approval of its information study, pending the environmental impact assessment. It also explains that the State Railways Manager will be responsible for overseeing and approving the construction project, amendments and works, as well as the project and execution of the superstructure, electrification, security and communication works, and non-rail security installations.

The estimated budget, pending the completion of the information study, is 220.30 million euros for civil works and 2.89 of which will be allocated to the layout of the construction project, including VAT. The amount will be advanced by the Basque government and the necessary reductions will be made through Quotas to compensate for the implementation costs. ADIF Alta Velocidad, for its part, will pay for the superstructure and facilities of 52.68 million.

A monitoring and coordination committee and another technical committee between the administrations will oversee the agreement.

Guipuzcoan Section

On the other hand, the Board of Directors has given the green light to the management contract that will allow the Basque government to carry out work on the high-speed trains in the Section Astigarraga-Oiartzun-Lezo

The estimated budget in the absence of the final amount to be included in the final information inquiry is €380.27 million

According to the Ministry of Arriola, in this way last year’s agreement between the competent administrations to create a specific agreement for this section and to remove it from the existing order for the series of works pending completion in Gipuzkoa, given the inability to complete on time. This section is under environmental review and pending final approval of the informational study by the central government.