MONACO: The principality has appointed Systra to provide technical assistance to support the development of a express metro line to provide cross-border commuters and tourists with a faster and more sustainable alterative to the congested roads from France.
The proposed underground line would to link the principality with a large park-and-ride facility at La Brasca between Èze and La Turbie in France.
Systra said existing travel routes are saturated, with 15 000 cars/day entering Monaco from the west and the railway station being the second busiest on the Riviera with over 8 million travellers per year.
Systra will assist with defining the high-level requirements for the design, operation and maintenance of the metro, and then support work to select a consortium to build the line. It will also monitor design and implementation.
This ‘will mobilise a very wide range of skills and expertise, and Systra France is one of the few engineering companies to bring them all together’, said Ariane Galy, Project Director at the consultancy, on June 25. ‘The Principality of Monaco needed a consultant to support it at every stage of the project, and we are proud to have been selected to do just that. This cross-border mini-metro could become a showcase for projects to relieve congestion in urban centres.’
