📋 Tender Overview
New milestone for the Third Megalotto of the Jonica State Road (SS 106) in Calabria, a strategic infrastructure for Southern Italy, whose works are carried out by Webuild on behalf of ANAS (FS Italiane Group). More than 76% of the overall progress of the works has been achieved, while everything is ready for the start of the launching of the Annunziata viaduct, and all other works of a project that represents the main intervention along the Calabrian stretch of SS 106 to transform it into a modern dual carriageway are proceeding in parallel. Webuild is strongly committed to the infrastructural development of Southern Italy, with a widespread presence that encompasses various regions and strategic projects, with a total awarded value of approximately EUR15 billion. For the realization of these works, Webuild employs about 8,700 people in the South, including direct and third-party staff, involving over 7,600 companies since the start of the works. These projects generate value for the territory, activate local production chains, create quality employment with investments in training and workplace safety, improving connectivity between the regions of the South. Among the most complex and symbolic works, the Annunziata viaduct is over 900 meters long and has a single carriageway, featuring a characteristic mixed steel and concrete deck with two levels, one for each lane of traffic. In recent weeks, the Ferro viaduct has also reached the launching milestone: 20 meters high and over half a kilometer long, it stands out for its mixed steel and concrete structure, articulated in 11 spans. Its construction required 2,800 tons of steel and more than 23,000 cubic meters of concrete, a testament to the engineering commitment behind the entire Megalotto. The construction of four other viaducts - Straface, Monaco, Forno, and Stellitano - is also proceeding in parallel, along with the iconic Avena viaduct, which is the most architecturally significant overpass of the entire infrastructure due to its characteristic V-shaped steel piles. The laying of asphalt continues between the junctions of Sibari and Trebisacce for the first 18 km, which will allow, once the accessory works currently being carried out by ANAS are completed, the opening to traffic ahead of the end of the works. In the coming weeks, the demolition of the second diaphragm of the Trebisacce Tunnel, approximately 3.3 km long and with a double tube, is also expected, and excavation and lining works for the other 10 artificial tunnels to be built along the route continue. The construction site, which extends for 38 kilometers, currently involves about 1,200 people and has activated a production chain of over 880 companies, with a strong local component: 45% of the companies come from Calabria. Once completed, the Megalotto will enhance connections between the Ionian coasts of Calabria, Basilicata, and Puglia, improving accessibility to coastal municipalities and connecting the A14 and A2 motorway axes. In Calabria, Webuilds contribution to the modernization of infrastructure extends beyond SS 106. The Group is also a key player in enhancing High Speed/High Capacity along the Salerno-Reggio Calabria axis, with strategic interventions that strengthen the connectivity of the South. Among these, the Doubling Paola-Cosenza, commissioned by RFI (FS Italiane Group), represents one of the most relevant works: over 22 kilometers of new line, almost entirely underground, with the construction of the new Santomarco Tunnel, which will extend for over 15 kilometers. On the same route, Webuild is also engaged in lot 1A Battipaglia-Romagnano, which develops in Campania, contributing to the transformation of one of the countrys main railway axes in a sustainable, fast, and integrated manner.
