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International comparison is provided on metro projects
In the past days a document was issued comparing metro projects only in general, missing real technical parameters and based on several years old incorrect information. The professionals of DBR Metro Project Directorate know the international projects of course, and soon they intend to assist the press with a technical supporting document based on actual facts, because as we know now the project of metro 4 as being constructed in downtown circumstances with extremely adverse ground conditions belongs to the midfield in Europe in terms of the average costs of metro construction.
Why does metro 4 differ from the one in Mallorca?
The metro line of Palma de Mallorca costs one tenth of metro 4, although it is the same length and has the same number of stations – claims a writing full of fallacies and technical errors on the Internet.
While the two projects are hardly comparable, metro 4 costs significantly more – in fact 4 times more with constructions on the surface – due to the followings strictly from a technical point of view.
Metro 4 could be cheaper by 17 billion
A 2 billion Forint amount resulting from the omission of the main ventilation of metro 4 between Tétényi and Bocskai roads is part of the 17 billion cost reduction plan previously approved by the General Meeting of the Capital. With the omission of the ventilation in Petzvál street a playground formerly intended to be demolished will remain indeed.
Tree planting on Orczy road
Line 4 will be green not only in its color. There is every reason to say on the metro construction that it is a “green” project in its quality. For each tree cut due to the construction of Rákóczi square station for metro No 4 at least 7 new will be planted in the district by the contractor SwO Metro 4 Építő Kkt.!
Budafoki Road is open again
The original traffic conditions were restored on Budafoki Road on 26 October 2007 after completion of the work for discharging the public utility lines at the Szent Gellért Station.
Information on the opening hours of the InfoCenter
The opening hours of the M4 Information Center at Etele Square will change for the rest of this year:
The second drilling shield arrived at Tétényi Road Station
The second tunnelling shield has arrived at the Tétényi Road Station on 25 October 2007. The first shield broke the station wall on 13 September 2007. Thus, the total length of complete tunnel sections is more than 1.5 km.
METRO4: Boarding Fence Exhibition at Rákóczi Square Station
An irregular art event makes, even in the literal sense of the word, the construction work more coloury at the Rákóczi Square Station of Metro Line 4.
Contracts accessible on the web site
From now, the contracts concluded for the Metro 4 construction are available for the public for reading. The link to the web page is as follows: http://www.metro4.hu/dbr_szerzodesek.php.
Summer holiday at Infocenter
We wish to inform all those concerned, that the Etele Square Information Center of Metro 4 Construction will be closed for a one-week summer holiday.