A8 Innkreis between Pichl and Meggenhofen.

FCC Construcción's Austrian construction subsidiary ALPINE has won the tender to rehabilitate the surface of motorway A8 Innkreis, between Pichl and Meggenhofen. The project comes to a total of some 35 million euro.

The contract covers the rehabilitation of 11.5 kilometres of roadway between kilometre points 19.458 and 31.033. A six-centimetre-thick layer of the surface will be stripped off, and a fresh layer of asphalt will be applied.

In addition, the roadway will be widened by an extra three metres on each side, replacing the drainage ditches. The lateral beams will be replaced in several of the existing bridges, and 13,600 metres of sound barriers will be installed.

Starting in March 2009, traffic will run in two directions. During the preliminary work, detours will be set up for some sections of the motorway, and two lanes of traffic will be kept open at all times. Work requiring traffic to be reduced to a single lane will be done at night.

The motorway, which will be completely finished in December 2010, will be opened to traffic in two phases: the Passau-bound lanes will be opened in November 2009, and the Wels-bound lanes, in September 2010.