Syndicat des Transports d'Ile-de-France has voted in favour of a northern extension to Line 12 between Porte de la Chapelle and Mairie d'Aubervilliers. This 3.8 km underground extension will have three stations in Proudhon-Gardinoux, Pont de Stains, and Mairie d'Aubervilliers. The cost to bore the tunnel and the stations is estimated at about €300 million, financed by the French government, the Ile-de-France region, and the Seine Saint-Denis departement. Service to the Proudhon-Gardinoux station is scheduled for 2007. Visit www.stif-idf.fr 08/02.Negotiated procedure, deadline 15th January, 2007 for construction of the extension of Line 12 of the Paris metro from Porte de la Chapelle to Mairie d'Aubervilliers, first phase in Proudhon-Gardinoux. The tender includes two lots. Lot T1 is for the civil works for the approx. 3.6 km tunnel from Porte de la Chapelle to the cul de sac. A 7.8 m-inner diameter TBM will be used. Other underground works will be necessary (ventilation structures, shafts, etc.). Lot S1 is for civil works of Proudhon-Gardinoux station, built with slurry walls. Read E-News Weekly 16/2005. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=233286-2006, OJ S 217, or contact RATP, Fontenay-sous-Bois, fax +33 158771381. E-mail thomas.arrondeau@ratp.fr. Also visit http://extension-reseau.ratp.fr/m12 47/06.A joint venture of VINCI's companies Chantiers Modernes and Campenon Bernard, with also Eiffage TP pocketed a EUR93.1 million contract to build lot T1 of the extension of Line 12 from Porte de la Chapelle to Mairie d'Aubervilliers. This is a 3.6 km tunnel, from Porte de la Chapelle to the cul de sac, to be bored by a 7.8 m-inner diameter TBM. Visit www.chantiers-modernes.fr, www.cbconstruction.fr, www.travauxpublics.eiffage.com and http://extension-reseau.ratp.fr/m12A joint venture of VINCI's companies Chantiers Modernes and Sogea, with also Eiffage TP pocketed a EUR15.5 million contract to build lot S1. This is to build Proudhon-Gardinoux station, using slurry walls. Read E-News Weekly 16/2005. Visit www.vinci-construction.fr and http://extension-reseau.ratp.fr/m12 06/08.
