Bechtel, Enka team up for Romanian motorway

U.S.-based Bechtel and Turkish company Enka Insaat will jointly build the Brasov-Bors motorway, under a 2.2bn-euro contract, according to Dow Jones Newswires. The Brasov-Bors motorway contract was directly awarded to the American company without a prior tender. The motorway will be 415km long and will cross six counties in centre and western Romania. The works will start on July 4, 2004, with the project to be completed by 2012. The investment amounts to 3.433 billion euros, with the contract signed with Bechtel worth 2.241bn euros. ZF