Line B extension of the Lyon metroIn July 2009 the JV headed by Chantiers Modernes Rhone-Alpes, a subsidiary of Vinci Group, with the nine companies SPIE Batignolles, TPCI, Dodin Campenon Bernard TP, GCC Agence Rhône-Alpes, Demathieu & Bard, SPIE Fondations SAS, Botte Fondations, Entreprise Tournaud and EMCC, opened the site for the 1.7 km Line B extension of Lyon metro, from Stade de Gerland to Oullins SNCF station. From September 2009, the first section from Stadium to Parc de Gerland was built in a covered trench. By summer, 2010 the TBM entry and exit shafts in Parc de Gerland and rue Orsel at Oullins will be completed. In autumn, the 9.5 m diameter TBM will commence driving a 1.4 km-long tunnel, of which 300 m will be beneath the river Rhone. Its arrival at Oullins is scheduled for spring, 2011. The entry into service of this new route will take place at the end of 2013. Investment is EUR222 million, of which EUR108 million is for civil engineering works. Click fr/54. Visit www.sytral.fr. 05/10.