May 23, 2015 - The Como bypass of the Pedemontana Lombarda motorway was inaugurated today by Roberto Maroni, President of the Lombardy Region. Salini Impregilo leads the Pedelombarda Consortium as the general contractor of the project, which includes the 1st section of the Varese bypass, the 1st section of the Como bypass and the A8-A9 stretch of the Dalmine-Como-Varese-Valico del Gaggiolo motorway link.

The works of the entire project carried out by the Pedelombarda Consortium are divided into three macro-sections totalling about 24 km. In addition to the Como bypass, these include the A8-A9 motorway link called Section 8, covering 14.585 km, and the 1st section of the Varese bypass covering 4.9 km, both already inaugurated in January.

The ceremony, which was held in Villa Guardia, inaugurated the opening of the Como bypass that spans over 3 km from the town of Villa Guardia to the Acquanegra exit (Municipality of Como).

The main works of the bypass opened today are the Grandate artificial and natural tunnel covering a total length of 600 m, of which about 400 m are natural tunnel, and the Acquanegra viaduct, which covers almost 250 m of overpass and has an overpass for 2 railway lines. A total of 4 bridges, 3 other viaducts in addition to the Acquanegra viaduct, 7 overpasses and 4 underpasses were also built.

The total value of the three macro-sections of the project is approximately €930 million. The project involved over 6500 people between employees and workers, along with ancillary activities involving roughly 720 companies and the use of 5,500 items of plant and machinery, some of which the most technically-advanced in the industry.

Salini Impregilo, leader, with a 47% share in the consortium, maintains its position as world leader in the infrastructure sector thanks also to this motorway project that will create a link with international motorways.