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Home > Mireille breaks through on Grand Paris Express

Mireille breaks through on Grand Paris Express

Tris Thomas

Written by Tris Thomas on 30/03/2022 in News

Tagged: Grand Paris Express,Webuild

Webuild and French partner NGE celebrated the first breakthrough of TBM “Mireille” at the future Clichy-Montfermeil station of metro line 16 under construction in northern Paris as part of the Grand Paris Express, the most ambitious sustainable mobility project in Europe.

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After boring 2.2km from the Bel-Air site in Chelles at the southern end of Lot 2 – the section of the line under development by Webuild and NGE – Mireille arrived at the station to the applause of the mayors of Clichy-sous-Bois and Montfermeil, representatives of the client, Société du Grand Paris.
Mireille will soon renew its journey for another 3.1km, crossing the municipalities of Livry-Gargan and Sevran to reach the Mare au Chanvre site at Sevran where it will meet “Houda”, the TBM that is excavating from the northern end of Lot 2.

As part of the Grand Paris Express, Webuild and NGE are developing 11km of tunnels for Line 16 along with four stations between Aulnay-sous-Bois and Chelles. They have already completed another project together: Lot 4 of Line 14 South that stretches 4.1km to Orly Airport in the south of Paris. Together, Lot 2 of Line 16 and Lot 4 of Line 14 South will contribute to reducing up to 385,000 cars a day from the streets of Paris, thereby avoiding up to 81,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions every year. Paris aims to become carbon neutral by 2050.

Line 16 will serve the Paris department of Seine-Saint-Denis, transporting an estimated 200,000 passengers every day. The other three stations to dot the line include Aulnay, Sevran-Beaudottes and Sevran-Livry.

The Grand Paris Express will extend the French capital’s metro and light rail network by 200km with 68 stations to improve connections between the centre and the periphery. It is set to improve the local economy, create jobs, promote sustainable mobility and reduce vehicle traffic and air pollution.

 

Photo copyright to © Stéphane Bouquet

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