Korean bid for bridge may find favour

摘要

A Korean-led consortium is the new leader in the race to build the Canakkale 1915 suspension bridge over the Dardanelles in Turkey. With an original estimated cost of US$ 5 billion, a number of firms have offered to undertake the project for little more than half that amount. The bid from the Korean-led consortium is US$ 2.68 billion - comparable with rival Chinese- and Japanese-led consortiums.