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Maldives seeks contractor to develop link road between airport, Hulhumale

Fathmath Shaahunaz
13 February 2017, MVT 12:33
The China-Maldives Friendship Bridge ending at Hulhule island. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU
Fathmath Shaahunaz
13 February 2017, MVT 12:33

Housing Development Corporation (HDC) has put up for bid the project to design and develop the link road connecting airport island Hulhule and reclaimed suburb Hulhumale.

In a notice, HDC stated that the contractor is to bear all the costs of the project.

Interested parties are to purchase the bidding book before February 16 and submit their bid proposals with a bid security of USD 1 million by March 12.

HDC will hold a pre-bid meeting at its office on February 23 regarding the Hulhule-Hulhumale link road, which is to be completed by the end of the ongoing project to develop the China-Maldives Friendship Bridge between Hulhule and capital Male.

Speaking at the ceremony held last December 26 to award the project to HDC, Minister of Housing and Infrastructure Dr Mohamed Muizzu had stressed the importance of a causeway to link Hulhumale to Hulhule so that travellers from Male to Hulhule via the bridge may continue to the reclaimed suburb with ease. He had said that the Hulhule-Hulhumale link road will be completed by April 2018.

HDC’s Managing Director Mohamed Saiman had announced at the time that the technical team that designed the China-Maldives Friendship Team and another technical team from HDC had jointly developed the link road’s concept design. He added that the expense for the project will be determined after evaluating bid proposals.

The China-Maldives Friendship Bridge spans from the southeast coast of Male to the southern end of Hulhule beyond the airport runway strip. The current causeway linking Hulhule and Hulhumale runs from Hulhule’s southern end to the eastern coast of Hulhumale. While the government is preparing to reclaim land to expand the current causeway and reinforce the new highway, Saiman said that further information will be revealed only after completing the detailed designs of the link road.

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