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THIRD HARBOUR TUNNEL PROJECT
DURING OUR RECENT REVIEW OF THE AIRPORT PROJECT WITH TRAFALGAR HOUSE AND COSTAINS, WE TOUCHED BRIEFLY ON THE THIRD HARBOUR TUNNEL PROJECT. THIS IS A PROJECT IN WHICH TH WAS EXPRESSING AN INTEREST LAST AUTUMN. HOWEVER THEY NOW SAY THAT THEY REGARD THIS AS A PROJECT WHICH IS LIKELY TO GO TO JAPAN (KUMAGAI?), EFFECTIVELY AS PART OF A BROADER UNDERSTANDING WHICH WILL ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO SERIOUS ALTERNATIVE JAPANESE PURSUIT OF THE KEY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS FOR THE AIRPORT PROJECT - THAT IS OTHER THAN THROUGH MITSUI'S PARTICIPATION IN THE CONSORTIUM.
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KUMAGAI WAS ALWAYS NO DOUBT A CONTENDER FOR THIS PROJECT, BUT WE HAD TAKEN IT FOR GRANTED THAT WE WANTED A STRONG UK BID, BOTH AS MAIN CONTRACTOR AND IN RESPECT OF POSSIBLE SUB-CONTRACTS (EG THROUGH COMPANIES SUCH AS LILLEY, WHO PERFORMED SO WELL ON THE SECOND TUNNEL AND HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH KUMAGAI). WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR ASSESSMENT BOTH OF THE ABOVE APPROACH AND OF THE CURRENT POSITION ON THIS PROJECT, THE LIKELY COMPETITORS, TIMESCALES AND THE SCOPE FOR K PARTICIPATION IF TH IS NOT TO BE INVOLVED.
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