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construction Line 2 of Panama Metro Another noteworthy project FCC is currently carrying out is Line 2 of the Panama Metro, the second metro in Central America. The project, which will benefit half a million people, will have 16 stations and a length of 21 kilometres. Each train on this line, which will have the capacity to transport 1,000 people, has been manufactured using state-of-the-art technology and equipped with internal clo- sed-circuit television (CCTV) came- Lima Metro (Peru) In America, FCC is also building line 2 of the Lima Metro and a section of line 2. The contract also contempla- tes the design, funding, operations and maintenance. The total sum of this project is 3.9 billion euros. Line 2 will be 35 kilometres long and will cover the East-West axis of Lima. Once in operation, its 35 sta- tions will serve more than 600,000 people a day. On the other hand, the branch of Line 4, which will con- nect the Peruvian capital with the airport, will run along 8 kilometres of tunnel. ras, a video-surveillance technology designed to monitor users’ activities. The project began in October 2015 and has generated more than 5,300 direct and indirect jobs, of which 40% are local. This infrastructure, when fully operational, scheduled for April 2019, will benefit more than 500,000 Panamanians living in the eastern sector of the capital. Cu- rrently, the work is 82% complete. Romania In Romania, a relevant contract is the refurbishment of three railway sections in Transylvania that form part of the pro- ject to refurbish and revamp more than 121 kilometres of railway line in Corri- dor IV Pan-European transport corridor that crosses Romania. These awarded sections follow the other two that FCC Construcción is currently building: Si- ghisoara-Atel and Atel-Micasasa. Fur- thermore, in this country it is building Line 5 of the Bucharest Metro, 6.1 kilo- metres long, nine stations and a branch of almost one kilometre long that con- nects with another station, where the line’s garages are also housed. It should also be mentioned that in Ro- mania, the company is in charge of up- grading and extending the Glina treat- ment plant in Bucharest (Romania). This project, the largest public contract in the sector tendered in Europe, will serve 2.4 million inhabitants. The execution of the works of extension and improvement of the treatment plant is a great technical challenge, as they will be carried out while the current faci- lities are still in operation. B U S I N E S S 21 B U S I N E S S