In July SYTRAL, the transport association for Rhone Department and Lyon, awarded to the Consortium Implenia (50%)/Demathieu Bard (50%) the EUR138 million contract to build Lot GC 01 of the Metro Line B extension in Lyon. Lot GC 01 includes a 2.4-km long tunnel, a new Metro station in Oullins Centre and the start shaft at Saint-Genis-Laval. The tunnel, approximately 8.5 m in diameter, is being made with a TBM (length which has a length of 70 m and a diameter of 9.5m).

The TBM will be assembled at the Saint-Genis-Laval shaft from where it will be launched toward Ouillins at the end of 2019. The end of tunnelling is scheduled for the beginning of 2021. From 2023, the tunnel will connect Metro Line B to two new stations, one at Oullins Centre and another at Saint-Genis-Laval / Hopitaux Sud, which is being built as part of Lot GC 02, secured by the JV NGE Genie Civil / NGE Fondations / Guintoli. The geological conditions have been investigated in depth thanks to more than 300 test drillings. Construction is due to start in the autumn of 2018 and will take about four and a half years to complete. Click fr/82 for tunnelbuilder archive. Visit http://www.sytral.fr/69-metrob.htm  and https://www.implenia.com. 33/18.