Express Route SE-40 (). Section Coria del Rio-Dos Hermanas (North and South tunnels)

2009-ES-08092-E Part of Priority Project 8

European Economic Recovery Plan

Member States involved:

Implementation schedule Start date: June 2009 End date: December 2010

Implementing body: Sociedad Estatal de Infraestructuras del Transporte Terrestre (SEITT)

Budget: National budget: €215,721,000

Total project cost covered by this Decision: €239,690,000

EU contribution: €23,969,000

Percentage of EU support: This action concerns the construction of the road section Dos Hermanas (A-4)- Works: 10% Coria del Río (A-8058), in the scope of the construction of the third part of the Seville Ring Road (SE-40), part of Priority Project 8 (Multimodal axis Additional information: Portugal/Spain-rest of Europe).

European Commission, DG TREN This ring road around the metropolitan area of Seville will function as a bypass, http://ec.europa.eu/transport/ particularly for long-haul traffic, contributing to reduce traffic congestion in Seville. index_en.html It will also improve international transport conditions to ports in southern Spain, notably Cádiz and . Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency (TEN-T EA) The action only covers the initial period of construction (years 2009 and 2010) of http://ec.europa.eu/tentea the following two sub-sections:

Beneficiaries:  Dos Hermanas-Coria del Río: South tunnel Sociedad Estatal de  Dos Hermanas-Coria del Río: North tunnel Infraestructuras del Transporte

(SEITT) www.seitt.es DISCLAIMER Individual financing Decisions will be adopted by the Commission only after all pending issues Ministry of Development related to EC legislation, notably environmental law, have been resolved. www.fomento.es

Implementing body: Sociedad Estatal de Infraestructuras del Transporte (SEITT) www.seitt.es

Updated: September 2009