The Infrastructure Development Office (GDI) said in a statement yesterday that a project to renovate the undersea tunnel connecting Cotai with the University of Macau (UM) campus on Hengqin Island and improve the electromechanical equipment in the tunnel was slated to get off the ground in the first quarter of next year.
The office also said that one of the aims of the project was to “fundamentally” solve the tunnel’s long-standing water leakage issue.
The office unsealed bids submitted by 14 companies for the project yesterday. Among the 14 bids, 12 were accepted and one was rejected, while the office accepted the remaining one conditionally – the company will have to submit within a specified period of time a number of documents that it failed to submit yesterday.
Wong Sau Yan, a civil engineer of the Infrastructure Development Office (GDI), speaks to reporters at the office in Zape on the sidelines of yesterday’s bid-unsealing session for the renovation project of the undersea tunnel between Cotai and the University of Macau (UM) campus on Hengqin Island. Courtesy: TDM
