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General information of the project
 

Finnra’s Häme region has initiated a procurement procedure to upgrade the overtaking lane road of highway 4 (E-75) from Lahti to Heinola to a motorway and procure the maintenance services of the motorway from Lahti to Heinola and route 24/140 with a single service agreement.

The construction includes measures such as compiling necessary construction plans, upgrading the overtaking lane road to a motorway, implementing about 12 km of noise barriers, protecting first-class groundwater areas over a distance of 4 km, constructing 27 bridges and developing the surroundings of the road.

Among the objectives set for the maintenance services of the Lahti–Heinola motorway and route 24/140 is caring for the everyday traffic ability of the routes so that traffic on the routes can flow safely. The service provider is also responsible for a specified level of maintenance of the structures and equipment on the routes.

The implementation model of the project is based on Finnra’s new procurement strategy. The bidding contest started in October 2003 and bidding phase ended at the end of January 2004. Five companies left the bid and the Finnish Road Enterprise won the contest.

Service agreement will cost Finnra about 41 million euros, of which 35 million euros is the cost of construction. The term of agreement of the maintenance services of the motorway section of highway 4 from Lahti to Heinola and route 140, which is a parallel road, is 9 years, from 2004 to 2012.


Reasons for implementation of the project

The overtaking lane road from Lahti to Heinola comprises a section of the road network that interrupts smoothly flowing motorway traffic on highway 4. Traffic on the overtaking lane road is regularly congested. Even outside the congested periods traffic is susceptible to disturbances. Traffic accidents occur especially at the beginning and end of the overtaking lanes. The congestion also has an indirect impact on the lower-class road network. When the section between Lahti and Heinola is congested, traffic penetrates alternate routes and the lower-class road network, increasing the accident risk and adverse effects on the surroundings.

Traffic volume between Lahti and Heinola has grown more rapidly than is normal on the main road network. Annual growth has averaged 5.3 % in 1996-2002, while it averaged 2.5 % on other similar roads. The average daily traffic volume on the section of road in 2002 was 13,700- 14,000 vehicles. On the most congested days the traffic volume reached 23,000 vehicles per day.
By upgrading the section of road between Lahti and Heinola to a motorway, highway 4 will be developed into a part of the national main road network. The solution supports development of the community structure and municipal land use objectives and plans. The new motorway will enhance the operational prerequisites of economic life and the smoothness of transports. Conversion of the section of road to a motorway will decrease the number of traffic accidents on the section of road. The goal of the planning and implementation is that the measures implemented on the section of road are as environmentally friendly as possible and that adverse effects on nearby inhabitants and environment are minimized with the help of noise barriers and groundwater protection.

The purpose of applying the new procurement model is to achieve an overall economically effective implementation that utilizes the knowledge, innovation and risk management of the service provider. The economic objectives set for the implementation of the project require the bids received in the procurement procedure to be overall economic.

• Traffic volume between Lahti and Heinola has grown more rapidly than is normal on the main road network (the data in the figure are from the year 2000).  Pdf (55k)

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