A few days ago, a consortium formed by China State Construction Engineering Corporation, Spain’s FCC Company and Saudi Arabia’s SAJCO Company signed a general contract for the construction of Saudi Arabia’s traffic tunnel project with Future New City Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign fund PIF. The contract value is about 2.47 billion US dollars.

The project includes two parallel high-speed passenger railway tunnels and heavy freight railway tunnels, with a single line length of 15.75 kilometers. The main work includes the excavation of the pilot tunnel and the main tunnel, initial support, waterproofing, secondary lining and partition wall. construction, etc.

The project is the largest transportation and public infrastructure project in Saudi Arabia and a pilot project for NEOM’s new city, The Line, and is a necessary component and an important milestone in ensuring that NEOM continues to meet its development plan to achieve NEOM’s Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mohammed bin Sal Crown Prince Lerman's new vision for the future 2030. Keywords: engineering news, overseas news

The Saudi traffic tunnel project is jointly implemented by China State Construction International and China State Construction Middle East Company. It is the first project of China State Construction Engineering Corporation to enter the Saudi Arabian market, and it is of great significance to the subsequent development of the Saudi Arabian market.Editor/XingWentao