ADIF has awarded contracts worth a total of ?224?3m for civil works on three sections between Girona and Figueres of the high speed line from Madrid to the French border. The 3?3?km from Sant Juli? de Ramis to Cornell? del Terri is to be built by Construcciones y Promociones Coprosa for ?46m, while the 7?1?km Cornell? del Terri - Vilademuls section including 916?m on viaduct and 2?1?km in tunnel has been awarded to a joint venture of Sacyr, Cavosa Obras y Proyectos and Scrinser for ?93?2m.FCC Construcci?n and Servi? Cant? have been awarded a contract worth ?85?1m for the 5?7?km Vilademuls - Pont?s section, where work including a bored tunnel 2?9?km long is expected to take 19?5 months to complete. Elsewhere on the route, tenders have been called with a combined budget of ?245?3m for civil works on two sections totalling 13?6?km between Mollet del Vall?s and La Roca del Vall?s.Also out to tender is a contract worth up to ?20?6m to build a concrete deck in the centre of Vilafranca del Pened?s over the high speed line and the adjacent section of the existing Tarragona - Barcelona route. Public consultation has begun on a proposed new alignment for the Barcelona - Port Bou main line between Vilamalla and Peralada, 13?8?km long and passing to the west of Figueres to serve the new station on the high speed line and release railway land in the centre of the town for redevelopment.

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