On the 2nd of December 2011, with the presence of President of the Government of Catalonia, the concessionary company, Eix Diagonal Concessionària de la Generalitat de Catalunya, S.A., 100% controlled by Iridium, carried out the total putting into service of the Diagonal Axis between the Vilanova i Geltrú and Manresa, which was nine months advance over the forecast date (initially August 2012).
The section put into service is 29 kilometres long completely new that are added to the 38 kilometres that were carried out into service last July 23rd.
The total forecast project investment comes to 397 million Euros, with a 33-year concession period. The project mainly contemplates the construction of eleven kilometres of dual carriageway and twenty-three kilometres of highway, together with the renovation of thirty-one kilometres of existing highway, nine tunnels and cut and cover tunnels with a total length of five and a half kilometres and a 760-metres long mixed bridge.
The completion of the Axis improves communications between central Catalonia and the south of Barcelona by reducing travelling time between Manresa and Vilanova by thirty minutes.
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