DURING THE NIGHT THE EXPERTS FIXED THE HOLE OCCURRED ON THE TUNNEL – THE CONCERNED AREA IS KEPT UNDER ICREASED MONITORING

There will be post-works, but during the night in operation stop the experts repaired the hole occurred on the wall of metro 2 and stopped the ground water seepage, so this dawn trains could start and run with no speed restriction. Cause of the technical problem is being investigated by the DBR Metro Project Directorate. The tunnel borers will likely pass under the overpass in one and a half months, the technical problem occurred during the preparatory works. The temporary disturbance does not concern the metro construction.

As it is known, at Baross Square, during the strengthening of the pillar of the Rottenbiller Road overpass one of the subcontractors of BAMCO building the metro 4 tunnel damaged the wall of one of the metro 2 tunnels. DBR’s responsible engineer stopped the works forthwith. The 10x10 cm hole occurred on the side wall of the tunnel did not cause emergency, there was no need to stop the metro traffic, but during the investigation a speed restriction was ordered by the experts over the concerned line section.

Photos by Zoltán Vanik.


Budapest, 21st April 2010

DBR Metro Project Directorate
Related links: A munka közben készült képek