Turkey delays tender for 3rd Bosphorus bridge

Turkey's Transportation Ministry postponed on Monday a tender for the construction of a third bridge on the Istanbul Strait.

Ministry executives said they had extended the deadline to receive bids for the North Marmara Motorway tender, including the construction of a third bridge on the Bosphorus, till January 10, 2012.

The previous deadline was August 23, 2011.

The project will be carried out on a build-operate model.


/World Bulletin/