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Australian Firm To Draw Up Blue Print For Second Salang Tunnel

The Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) said on Monday that an Australian company has been awarded the contract to conduct technical and feasibility studies on a possible second Salang tunnel.

Officials from the ministry said it is expected that the Australian company will start work on assessing the viability of the planned 12km tunnel within a month. This phase will cost over $30 million USD, officials said.

The National Procurement Commission confirmed the contract was given to the Australian company – adding it will conduct studies over the next three years.

“The Technical and Economic Review of Salang's new tunnel by the National Procurement Commission has been completed and it is expected that the project will start in the near future by the foreign company. This is a public works project,” said Bakhtiar Najman, head of contracts for the commission.
 
The planned Salang tunnel will be in the Awolang area and will cut through the Hindu Kush mountains to DoShakh in Baghlan province.

However, the total cost to build a new tunnel has not been set but the Ministry of Public Works has said it could be in the region of $1 billion USD.

“Technical studies of this project will be completed by the Australian company over three years and the Asian Development Bank has promised to fund the project. Also there will be no problems in the implementation of the project,” said Mahdi Rohani, a spokesman for the MoPW.

Based on information from the ministry, a second tunnel is being considered in order to ease traffic flow through the existing tunnel, which was completed by the Soviet Union in 1964.

Australian Firm To Draw Up Blue Print For Second Salang Tunnel

The ministry of public works said technical and feasibility studies will be carried out over the next three years at a cost of $30 million USD.

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The Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) said on Monday that an Australian company has been awarded the contract to conduct technical and feasibility studies on a possible second Salang tunnel.

Officials from the ministry said it is expected that the Australian company will start work on assessing the viability of the planned 12km tunnel within a month. This phase will cost over $30 million USD, officials said.

The National Procurement Commission confirmed the contract was given to the Australian company – adding it will conduct studies over the next three years.

“The Technical and Economic Review of Salang's new tunnel by the National Procurement Commission has been completed and it is expected that the project will start in the near future by the foreign company. This is a public works project,” said Bakhtiar Najman, head of contracts for the commission.
 
The planned Salang tunnel will be in the Awolang area and will cut through the Hindu Kush mountains to DoShakh in Baghlan province.

However, the total cost to build a new tunnel has not been set but the Ministry of Public Works has said it could be in the region of $1 billion USD.

“Technical studies of this project will be completed by the Australian company over three years and the Asian Development Bank has promised to fund the project. Also there will be no problems in the implementation of the project,” said Mahdi Rohani, a spokesman for the MoPW.

Based on information from the ministry, a second tunnel is being considered in order to ease traffic flow through the existing tunnel, which was completed by the Soviet Union in 1964.

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