The Royal Commission for Riyadh City (RCRC) has set a deadline of mid-March to receive bids for the main contract for Riyadh Metro Line 2 extension. The Line 2 extension has a total length of 8.4 kilometres (km), of which 1.3km is elevated and 7.1km is underground. It includes 5 stations –2 elevated and 3 underground. It will run from where Line 2 currently ends at King Saud University (KSU) and then onward to new stations, KSU Medical City, KSU West, Diriyah East, Diriyah Central (where it interchanges with the planned Line 7), and then finally to Diriyah South. The contracting consortiums building lines 1 to 6 of the Riyadh metro network since 2013 have been invited to bid for the contract. The Fast consortium is working on lines 4, 5 and 6, reportedly valued at $7.82bn. The Bacs consortium was awarded lines 1 and 2 for $9.45bn, while Arriyadh New Mobility secured Line 3 for $5.21bn. US firm Bechtel leads the Bacs consortium. Italian firm Ansaldo STS is the leader of the Arriyadh New Mobility group and Spanish firm FCC Construccion heads the Fast consortium. In October, RCRC issued a tender notice for the extension of Riyadh Metro’s Line 2. RCRC has also received prequalification forms from contractors for the tender to design and build Line 7 of the Riyadh Metro project. RCRC previously extended the deadline to 15 February for companies to prequalify for the tender. Contractors have formed teams to bid for the project. RCRC first issued the request for prequalifications notice in October. The initial deadline was 16 October. Line 7 will be executed in two phases. Selected firms have been invited to prequalify to work on the project’s first phase. The first phase includes constructing a metro line linking Qiddiya Entertainment City, King Abdullah International Gardens, King Salman Park, Misk City and Diriyah Gate. The total length is about 65 kilometres (km), of which 47km is underground and 19km is elevated. (ICE RIYADH)

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