Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Staffelter Berg

A ceremony was held to mark the groundbreaking celebrations for the Staffelter Berg Tunnel. A Joint Venture led by Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau AG, Division South, was commissioned to produce the Staffelter Berg Tunnel. Minister of Building Claude Wiseler personally conducted the ceremony. Some 150 invited guests turned up to be present at the symbolic start of one of Luxembourg’s biggest construction projects.
Saint Barbara, the patron saint of miners, was festively consecrated. Minister Wiseler stressed the importance of the tunnel for the development of the country at the heart of Europe in his speech.   
The roughly 2  km long motorway tunnel with 2 tubes is the final tunnel on the north motorway (A7). The contract is worth around 88 mill. Euro. The client is the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Ministry for Public Works. It is expected to be completed in 2009 after some 48 months of work.