Design of TELT: Lot 2 - La Praz and Saint-Martin-de-la-Porte
Client
TELT - Tunnel Euralpin Lyon Turin
Location
France
Status
In progress
Services
Executive design
Technical Information
Lot 2: Work Sites 6 (La Praz) and 7 (Saint-Martin-de-la-Porte). It entails excavating a combined total of 46 kilometers, including the two parallel tunnels for the railway as well as auxiliary tunnels and caverns between the towns of Saint-Martin-de-la-Porte and La Praz on the French side of the border. Most of the excavation, to be done using the traditional method and tunnel-boring machines (TBMs), will be focused on the two parallel tunnels
Commissioned by Tunnel Euralpin Lyon Turin (TELT), the contract involves Lot 2, namely Work Sites 6 (La Praz) and 7 (Saint-Martin-de-la-Porte). It entails excavating a combined total of 46 kilometers, including the two parallel tunnels for the railway as well as auxiliary tunnels and caverns between the towns of Saint-Martin-de-la-Porte and La Praz on the French side of the border. Most of the excavation, to be done using the traditional method and tunnel-boring machines (TBMs), will be focused on the two parallel tunnels.