📋 Tender Overview
Traffic conditioning in the A8 and Frielas access business to the tunnel and access from IP7 (North-South Axis) to the cricket tunnel on June 2 and 3.
As part of the rehabilitation and modernization of the cricket tunnel and to allow the installation of metal structures and their signaling devices in the tunnel accesses Portugal Infrastructure (IP) will proceed to the temporary traffic cut in:
A8 and Frielas access branch to the tunnel;
IP7 access (north-south axis) to the cricket tunnel
The work and their traffic cuts which will be supported by the Public Security Police will take place on nights on June 2 and 3 between 10 pm and 6:00 am with the deviations properly signaled on the site.
It is recalled that on April 21 was a response to circulation on the four roads of the Sacavem/Alges Gallery and that on April 29 the four roads were also available in the Gallery of the opposite direction Alges/Sacavem during the day maintaining some conditioning at night.
Thanks in advance the understanding of the eventual distress caused certain that this intervention will contribute significantly to the improvement of the safety conditions of the infrastructure and to the comfort of all its users.
14 million euros investment in infrastructure rehabilitation and security systems
The rehabilitation and modernization contract of the cricket tunnel in IC17/Cril with an associated investment of about 14 million euros has three large groups of objectives that complement each other:
Requalification of infrastructure at the level of safety energy efficiency and sustainability requirements to ensure the best level of service and the integrated exploitation of the adjacent network;
Adequacy of security systems to comply with the European directive regarding the security requirements for the Tunnels of the Transeuropeia Road Network and National Highway Network;
Reinforcement of communication systems between the cricket tunnel and the traffic control center (CCT) of Portugal infrastructure.
This intervention understood among others the following works:
Requalification of the infrastructure of the concrete tunnel using punctual concrete treatments and painting the entire extension of the two galleries of the tunnel;
Construction in ditch of new technical channels;
Rehabilitation of the existing drainage system including in slopes;
Floor rehabilitation throughout the tunnel;
Rehabilitation of a slope;
Construction of a new technical building;
Replacement and full redesign of existing safety systems and equipment in particular: electricity; Automation; Smoking ventilation and control; Fire fighting; Lighting; Signaling and information to the user; Automatic sensorization and detection; Traffic and Supervision Management: Communications System; Emergency support and intervention.
The Grilo tunnel inaugurated in 1998 is located at the IC17 - CRILs OLIVAL OLIVAL LANCO / SACAVEME and currently has an average daily traffic more than 115000 vehicles.
