Toulouse. Here is the start date of work on the 3rd metro line
Construction work on the 3rd line of the Toulouse metro should begin on December 15 on the Sept Deniers side. The construction site will last nearly six years with commissioning scheduled for 2028.
After two years of preparatory work, the start of the construction site for the 3rd line of the Toulouse metro will be given in two weeks, the December 15according to information reported by the Dispatch from the South this Thursday, December 1. This new line will connect the North-West and the South-East of the Pink Cityfrom Colomiers to Labège, via about twenty stationsin particular near the premises of the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus, the Ernest Wallon stadium, the Matabiau or Montaudran station.
Beginning of the work at the seven deniers
Work should begin on the side of the Sept Deniers district, with the digging an air shaft between the side canal and the bypass, near the Minimes interchange. Still according to the local media, the day before the start of the construction site, on December 14, Tisséo will have to take into account the markets for the digging of the tunnel located in the center of the route of the 3rd metro line and the aerial part of the tracks, between Montaudran and Labège . “The other tunnels will be on the agenda of the union council in February,” he adds.
New series of works will therefore begin within several months. It is expected that the site will last nearly six years, for commissioning expected in 2028. From 2023 to 2026, a forty work sites will take place simultaneously in and around town. This caused major traffic disruptions in the center, particularly at the level of the very busy boulevards in the Saint-Georges, Bonnefoy and Ormeau districts.