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Two new motorway orders for Strabag

Strabag’s Czech has been awarded two new motorway contracts worth US$26 million in the Czech Republic as part of a consortium with Eurovia CS. The company will build two sections of the D3 motorway linking Prague with southern Bohemia on behalf of the Road and Motorway Directorate of the Czech Republic. “We have proved our expertise in road and motorway construction in the Czech Republic in the past – including the D3 motorway, which connects Prague with Austria,” says Strabag CEO Thomas Birtel.
March 9, 2015 Read time: 1 min
3861 Strabag’s Czech has been awarded two new motorway contracts worth US$26 million in the Czech Republic as part of a consortium with Eurovia CS. The company will build two sections of the D3 motorway linking Prague with southern Bohemia on behalf of the Road and Motorway Directorate of the Czech Republic.

“We have proved our expertise in road and motorway construction in the Czech Republic in the past – including the D3 motorway, which connects Prague with Austria,” says Strabag CEO Thomas Birtel.

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