Infrastructure works have been completed in Karavanke Tunnel, which was carried out by Cengiz İnşaat, the group company of Cengiz Holding.
According to a statement from the company, the most important point in the highway network, which reached Austria via Slovenia and connects the Mediterranean, Balkans and Central Europe, was left behind in the Karavanke Tunnel project.
The Karavanke Tunnel, which is a strategic crossing point in the Alp Mountains, will be opened to traffic in the first quarter of 2026 after the completion of work on mechanical and asphalt layers, concrete road manufacturing, epoxy paint manufacturing, tunnel lighting and ventilation systems and other electromechanical systems.
The total length of the Karavanke Tunnel, which is the longest highway tunnel built within the borders of Slovenia and located in the Hrusica region of the Alpine Mountains, will be 7 thousand 822 meters.
In the project, Cengiz İnşaat will build 3 thousand 446 meters within the borders of Slovenia and will sign the infrastructure project implemented by a Turkish contractor company in Slovenia.
Despite the unfavorable conditions in the Karavanke Tunnel project, the company successfully represents the Turkish contracting sector in Europe’s important transportation project.
Cengiz Construction Project Manager Mert Çevik, who included his opinions in the statement, stated that they completed the Tunnel Basic and Invert concrete, final coating concrete, ceiling plates and cable channels in a very short time after the light vision ceremony held in April last year.
Cevik, Karavanke Tunnel, 8 countries, while affecting the transportation, at the same time will contribute to the development of international trade and tourism streams emphasized.
Stating that they are proud to take part in such a strategic project and to successfully pass the important milestones, Çevik said:
“In November, the electromechanical system contractor we delivered the tunnel in November is simultaneously advanced with the Austrian company. And during this time, our tunnel will be used as a single tube.
Reminding that the project was taken with the price of 120.2 million euros and financed by the European Union, Çevik said, “In addition to the road from toll booths to the tunnel, a portal building where the ventilation, lighting and other electromechanical systems of the tunnel will manage And we have completed the 3 -storey administration building of 1000 square meters. evaluated.
