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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9990

3 October 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/eib
CDP receives loan for extending Florence-Bologna stretch of A1 motorway

Brussels, 02/10/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Cassa depositi e prestiti Spa (CDP) signed a contract on Thursday 1 October to finance Autostrade per l`Italia's investment to extend the Florence-Bologna stretch of the A1 motorway. On the basis of the agreement, the EIB is making available funds of up to €500 million to CDP, going towards the construction of this new stretch of motorway, whose total cost is estimated at around €3 billion.

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