Design of the fourth Macau-Taipa bridge awarded to CCCC

CCCC Highways Consultants Co. has been chosen to perform the preliminary design of the fourth bridge that will link the Peninsula to Taipa Island, according to a notice published yesterday in the Official Gazette (BO).
The preliminary work will cost a total of MOP75.19 million, which will be paid in three installments between 2016 and 2019.
The design contract was awarded to the same mainland China company, which is a subsidiary of state-owned transportation infrastructure group, China Communications Construction Company. It is responsible for some of the works being undertaken on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-
Macau bridge structure.
The same company was recently also awarded a government contract to undertake a feasibility study for the construction of two tunnels linking Macau and Taipa alongside the existing Nobre de Carvalho Bridge. The contract to undertake the study was awarded by an order from the Chief Executive for an amount of MOP7.22 million which will be paid by 2020.
During the Policy Address for 2016, Chui Sai On indicated that the expected fourth link between the Peninsula and Taipa would be a bridge.