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Italy’s Paniga Tunnel project on track

Construction work is proceeding on track for the Paniga Tunnel project in Italy, with the primary drilling and blasting phase now having been completed. Located in Morbegno in northern Lombardy, the tunnel forms part of a bypass stretch for state road 38. Work on the project started in 2015 and is being carried out by Cossi Costruzioni, a subsidiary of Italian civil engineering company Societa Italiana per Condotte d'Acqua (Condotte). The client for the project is ANAS, the Italian state-controlled road com
November 18, 2016 Read time: 2 mins
Construction work is proceeding on track for the Paniga Tunnel project in Italy, with the primary drilling and blasting phase now having been completed. Located in Morbegno in northern Lombardy, the tunnel forms part of a bypass stretch for state road 38. Work on the project started in 2015 and is being carried out by Cossi Costruzioni, a subsidiary of Italian civil engineering company Societa Italiana per Condotte d'Acqua (3481 Condotte). The client for the project is ANAS, the Italian state-controlled road company. The tunnel measures 2.3km long and is costing €157 million to build. The new tunnel will cut congestion on the existing route and is a key civil engineering project for the northern region of Lombardy. The new link forms part of the bypass for the old route between the towns of Cosio, Regoledo, Morbegno and Talamona, with the whole project including new highway stretches and viaducts and costing a total of €280 million.

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