NEWs READ MORE A MORE MODERN, EFFICIENT, AND SAFER RAIL LINE IN AUSTRALIA READ MORE EXPANSION OF SEVILLE’S EMBLEMATIC “CENTENARIO” BRIDGE READ MORE DESALINATED WATER FOR NEARLY A MILLION PEOPLE IN MEXICO READ MORE The Frankston Railway line in Melbourne needs a complete infrastructure remodel, and with goal in mind, the administration awarded the modernization project to the consortium of ACCIONA, WSP and Metro Trains Melbourne. The work will eliminate two dangerous and congested at-grade crossings, will build a new, safer and more accessible station in Glenhuntly (which will also improve connections with public transportation, shops and community areas) and also a bike and pedestrian lane between the Ormond and Caulfield districts. It has a €330 million budget and will be completed in 2024, one year before the date initially announced. EXPANSION OF SEVILLE’S EMBLEMATIC “CENTENARIO” BRIDGE The joint venture made up of ACCIONA, Tecade and Freyssinet earned the highest score in the public tender to remodel the Centenario Bridge, in Seville, with a €71.4 million proposal. The project will replace the 88 stay cables with new ones that will reinforce the structure, and to alleviate traffic congestion; it will add another lane to the five that now cross the bridge. The company is quite familiar with the infrastructure, as it participated in the original construction between 1989 and 1991. DESALINATED WATER FOR NEARLY A MILLION PEOPLE IN MEXICO ACCIONA is going to apply its knowledge as a global leader in reverse osmosis desalination to this new megaproject located in the tourist city of Los Cabos, in the Mexican state of Baja California. The contract, with a €134.5 million budget and in public-private partnership, includes project design, execution, preparation of the master plan, financing, construction, electromechanical equipment, operation, conservation and maintenance for 25 years. The work will be completed over two years in partnership with La Peninsular Compañía Constructora and will be capable of providing 250 liters per second to make up for the endemic shortage in Los Cabos and provide quality drinking water to some 464,000 people.