Chennai Metro Phase II likely to be completed by 2026

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CHENNAI (Metro Rail News): The Chennai Metro Rail phase II Rs 69,180-crore project will be implemented by Dec 2019 and likely to be completed by 2026, according to the Detailed Project Report prepared (DPR) by Chennai Metro Rail Limited.

The project escalation considered at 5 percent from December 2018 onwards and no escalation is being considered on the land cost. CMRL has shown that the implementation of the project on Public-Private Participation model in the future.

CMRL officials said that This might be done either in the complete provisioning of metro rail or in some parts like the fare collection system. The three corridors will connect Madhavaram to Siruseri, Light House to Poonamallee Bypass and Madhavaram to Sholinganallur.

Chennai Metro Phase 2 Strategy — Chennai Metro Phase 2

A Major depot for all three corridors will be built at Madhavaram Milk Colony so that
57.2 hectares has been proposed to acquire out of which construction depot requires 27.8 hectares land and the remaining land will be used for property development and parking facility as suggested by CMRL.

In the SIPCOT area, about 6.3 hectares of private land has been proposed to be acquired for the minor depot. This minor depot shall be constructed elevated in a covered area of 4.5 hectares. The total area underneath shall be used for property development and parking. About 17.4 hectares land has been proposed to be acquired for a major depot for corridor-4, out of which depot construction requires 15.3 hectares land and the remaining land shall be reserved for staff quarters, etc.

The main negative impacts of the project will be a change in land use, loss of trees, water/drainage problems, and soil erosion and the environmental impact assessment pointed out that project affected people. so that CMRL has additionally focused on social and environmental impact for which it has allocated Rs 2,9130 lakh and Rs 4,869 lakh.

Smaller stations

“When compared to phase I, we acquired less land for the phase I extension. For phase II, we will acquire only what is absolutely essential. Even the size of the stations has been brought down from 220 metres in phase I to 150 metres in phase II,” the official said.

Chennai Metro will need 1,309 properties, of which 104 are residential and the remaining 937 are commercial. The officials said the families and landowners will be adequately compensated. As per the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in land acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, all those affected will be duly compensated,”

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DMRC invites tender for Advertising Rights inside selected Red Line stations

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23/04/2019

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Delhi Metro Red line extension advertising rights.

DELHI (Metro Rail News): Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) invites tender for exclusive advertising rights inside selected Metro stations from Shaheed Nagar to New Bus Adda on Line-1 extension (RED LINE) of Delhi Metro Network.

The selected applicant shall have the exclusive rights to design, procure/manufacture, install, manage, operate, maintain, market and sell advertising opportunities at the selected Delhi Metro stations subject to the terms and conditions specified in the License Agreement.

Advertisement spaces inside these metro stations may include staircases, escalators, platform screen doors, turnstile, frisking panels/equipment, fixed/moveable panels, floor or roof branding, logo other than that of DMRC on the roof, elevator spaces, smart posters, visual display by electronic media (without audio), projectors/holography or any other innovative advertisement media, etc, subsequent to the approval of DMRC, as stipulated.

The advertisement inventory shall include smart posters, QR codes/graphics, canopy, etc., to advertise the e-commerce activities for generating business opportunities through on-line or off-line shopping.

The tenure of License Agreement shall be 9 (nine) years from the date of the first handover of advertising spaces with a lock-in period of two (2) years.

Important Dates:

Last Date of Tender: 10th May 2019

Tender opening date: 13th May 2019

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Bentley Systems Announces Drummond Community High School Team as Winners in First Future Infrastructure Challenge: DEC Hyperloop

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23/04/2019

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First Future Infrastructure Challenge: DEC Hyperloop

Bentley Systems, the leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, announced Drummond Community High School of Edinburgh, Scotland as the winning team of the first ever Future Infrastructure Challenge: DEC Hyperloop, which took place April 7 through 9. Hosted by Bentley Institute and Class of Your Own, the challenge included sixth form students, ages 16 to 18, from four schools in the UK whose assignment was to conceptualise a design of a hyperloop transport system and stations for Singapore.

Students from participating schools, The Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School from Greenford, London; Drummond Community High School from Edinburgh, Scotland; King Ecgbert School from Sheffield, South Yorkshire; and More House School from Farnham, Surrey, travelled to Bentley Systems’ offices in London on April 7. They were tasked with creating the hyperloop concept and a presentation to convey their cohesive plan to a judging panel.

The overall winners of the challenge are students from Drummond Community High School, Faye Fulton, Ryan Gordon, Alizah Mughal, and Wiktor Rauba, led by DEC (design, engineering, construction) teacher, Mark Holden. The winning team members and their teacher were awarded a complimentary trip to Singapore from Bentley Systems to attend its annual Year in Infrastructure Conference, which will be held this year October 21 through 24 at the Marina Bay Sands Resort in Singapore.

The four participating schools were selected from 100 schools studying the Class of Your Own Design Engineer Construct! (DEC) learning programme, which is intended to educate students about and encourage exploration of careers in architecture, engineering, and construction.

In the spring of 2018, following meetings with students studying DEC at a higher or advanced level, the four schools were invited to enter teams to take part in the first Future Infrastructure Challenge to mark the 10^th anniversary of Class of Your Own. Delivered in partnership with Bentley Systems, the programme will be released as a full curriculum for schools around the world later this year.

Mark Holden, teacher for the winning team, said, “Drummond High School is committed to nurturing big ambition in its students and equipping them for the world and workplace of tomorrow. The school became involved in the DEC curriculum after seeing its success – and the attributes of its students – from across England and recognising how closely this fit our own aims. We have enjoyed several years of unparalleled opportunities and great successes and are delighted that this has led to this collaboration with Bentley and COYO. The development of our team has been incredible to watch, but also the effect on the school community as a whole has been palpable. Knowing that students from our school are taking part in such a huge project, working with such esteemed professionals on this scale is a constant reminder to all of our students of what they can achieve.”

Over the two days prior to the presentation day, the students created their designs using laptops and software provided by Bentley Systems at the offices of four globally recognised companies: Arup, Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners, Turner Townsend, and WSP.

On April 9, the teams presented their concepts to a distinguished panel of judges:

Harj Dhaliwal – Managing Director Middle East & India, Virgin Hyperloop One

Chris Barron – Chief Communications Officer, Bentley Systems, M. Arch., Harvard Univ., board member of the Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure

Professor John Miles – Arup/Royal Academy of Engineering Chair Transitional Energy Strategies, University of Cambridge

Professor Cam Middleton – Laing O’Rourke Professor of Construction Engineering, University of Cambridge

Iain Blight – Director of Station and Building Engineering at HS2

Chris Preston – President of Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (ICES), Bentley’s Inaugural Professor at the National College for High Speed Rail

Sadie Morgan – Co-founder, dRMM Architects; board member National

Infrastructure Commission / Chair of Independent Design Panel for HS2

Andrew Tyley – Partner, Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners

Ian Stilgoe – Vice President Geopositioning Europe, Topcon Positioning Group

Harj Dhaliwal, managing director Middle East and India of Virgin Hyperloop One, said, “We can’t solve 21^st century challenges with 19^th century technology. As the first new mode of transportation in over 100 years, hyperloop is changing the narrative for mass transportation. It’s great to see the next generation of engineers and designers embracing this technology and the new type of thinking it requires. I have been overwhelmed by the approach to innovation and the out-of-the box thinking the young students have demonstrated. All of them are winners today.”

The teams’ concepts were judged according to feasibility and quality of design, social and economic impact, building efficiency, sustainability, originality, and quality of the presentation.

Chris Barron, chief communications officer for Bentley Systems, said, “It has been a pleasure hosting these talented students, seeing their hyperloop designs, and watching their excellent presentations. It was, in a word, inspiring, not only because of the depth of research they performed, and the thoughtfulness of their designs, but also because they demonstrated that the next generation of infrastructure professionals are ready to face the challenges of advancing our economy and sustaining our environment. Bentley is committed to supporting STEM learning programmes like Class of Your Own, which inspire and challenge students to think creatively about the future of infrastructure and to perhaps even pursue careers in infrastructure-related fields. We’re looking forward to hosting more events like this around the world.”

Additional awards of £350 to be donated in the name of the students and the school to a local, national, or international charity of their choice were given in the following categories:

Best Definition of Requirements – King Ecgbert School (Yuanhao Lei, Annabel Smith, Joe Toyne, with teacher Helen Vardy)

Best Quality of Research – Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School (Kieran Barton, Sanjiv Duelas, Kacper Kumor, Shakil Perrera, Julia Podlinska, with teacher Paul Foote)

Best Quality of Design – More House School (George Armytage, Finley Skinner, Uday Pal Trabelsi, with teacher Charles Stewart)

Best for Energy Use and Environmental Impact – Drummond Community High School (Faye Fulton, Ryan Gordon, Alizah Mughal, and Wiktor Rauba, with teacher Mark Holden)

Best for Innovation – Drummond Community High School

Best Presentation, Communication, and Use of Technology – Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School

Alison Watson, CEO and founder of Class of Your Own, said, “DEC has produced some incredible digital talent thanks to great teachers and support from industry. After 10 years, I felt it was time to ramp up the challenge and write a new curriculum that takes students, and their teachers, to another level of learning. I’ve watched these four teams grow in so many ways as they’ve developed their designs and in truth, all are champions. The students can now look forward to showing the world what young people can do when given the opportunity to learn in a real-life environment. I couldn’t be more proud of these young role models and thank the Bentley team for their unwavering support of COYO and our schools to make this happen.”

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Winners of the 2019 Future Infrastructure Challenge: DEC Hyperloop is the Drummond Community High School Team(Alizah Mughal, Ryan Gordon, Wiktor Rauba, Faye Fulton) with Harj Dhaliwal, Managing Director Middle East & India, Virgin Hyperloop One, who was a member of the judging panel for the event.

About Class of Your Own

Class of Your Own Limited (COYO) is an award-winning consultancy specialising in education for the digital built environment. Established in 2009, COYO has been delivering the ground-breaking Design Engineer Construct! learning programme in addition to workshops, challenges and other student engagement programmes to schools and colleges across the United Kingdom. Class of Your Own develops innovative, contextualised approaches to teaching and learning that enable young people from all backgrounds to explore aspirational career pathways in architecture, engineering, surveying, and construction.

About Bentley Institute

Bentley Institute advances the infrastructure professions by encouraging and supporting Bentley users’ ambitions in going digital. Its initiatives attract and advance infrastructure professionals, and future professionals, through continuous learning about technology solutions, as well as project delivery and asset performance best practices.

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MahaMetro terminates HCC-Al Fara’a contract

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22/04/2019

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PUNE (Metro Rail News): The Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MahaMetro) has terminated the contract of Hindustan Construction Company Ltd (HCC) and Al Fara’a a Joint venture was responsible for constructing Metro stations at Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad.

The reason stated for the discontinuation of services by these companies is “inconsistency” and “slow progress” of the work. Several employees at the senior level, as well as the ground level of HCC and Al Fara’a, had quit their jobs in last 10 months, citing that they were not receiving pay, which in turn had slowed down the execution of project work.
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In November 2017, MahaMetro had awarded a contract to infrastructure major HCC and the UAE-based Al Fara’a group together for building nine metro stations at Pimpri-Chinchwad, for Rs 497.07 crore. Nine days ago, this contract was given to the Shapoorji Pallonji Group, which has assured that results will be delivered on time.

“Work on nine stations — at Tukaram Nagar, Bhosari, Kasarwadi, Phugewadi, Dapoli, Bopodi, Khadki, Range Hills and Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) — began approximately 1.5 years ago and was expected to be completed by the end of December 2019” Mr. Hemant Sonawane Said.

“It has been a few days since the contract handed over by MahaMetro to the two companies stands terminated due to slow progress. They failed to deliver the expected timeline and we were compelled to hand over the project to another company. For us to introduce the Metro at the soonest, it is essential that the companies to whom the project is awarded maintain consistency in their work. This was not the case with HCC-Al Fara’a. We had previously sent several notices asking them to speed up work” He added.

We tried reaching the companies’ spokespersons via email and phone calls, but no response was received. Last week, 100 employees who staged a protest against the joint venture over unpaid dues of six months were forcibly asked to resign and given an ultimatum of termination. Meanwhile, PCMC recently wrote to MahaMetro, asking it to speed up work so that easy traffic flow could be facilitated under civic limits once more.

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Delhi Metro allots permanent bicycle parking at stations

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22/04/2019

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To encourage the use of bicycles, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has introduced a permanent space for bicycle stands at metro parking lots, a senior official informed.

Currently, the facility is available at 18 Metro stations which include Seelampur, Shahdara, Welcome and Rithala on the Red Line; Saket, Arjangarh and Chhatarpur on the Yellow Line; Dwarka Mor, Dwarka and Dwarka Sec21 on the Blue Line; Mundka, Nangloi and Peeragarhi on the Green Line; Tughlakabad, Badarpur and Sarita Vihar on the Violet Line and Okhla Bird Sanctuary on the Magenta Line.

“The extension of the existing stands will be carried out in more stations in phases. The permanent bicycle stands have the parking capacity of multiple bicycles and will be provided with a locking mechanism for the safety of bicycles,” the DMRC said in its official Twitter handle.

At present, the DMRC has a provision of allowing commuters to use bicycles for covering small distances at nominal changes in some of its metro stations.

In an effort to tackle the problem of pollution, the organisation has been encouraging commuters to use bicycles as it is an eco-friendly mode of transport.

Currently, the Delhi Metro’s current operational span is 343 km with 250 metro stations, spread over eight color-coded lines.

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N. Kashinath (IRSSE) takes over as Member (S&T) Railway Board

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22/04/2019

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N. Kashinath took over as Member (Signal &Telecom) Railway Board on 16.04.2019. Shri N. Kashinath belongs to the 1980 Batch of the Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE) with his lien on Southern Railway. Prior to this, he was working as DG (Signal & Telecom), Railway Board since August 2018.

He has graduated in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Government Engineering College, Jabalpur. After passing out in the year 1980, he worked for about 1½ years in National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) before joining the Railways in February 1982.

He was associated with various projects like the Train Describer Project undertaken on Northern Railway, initial deployment of Optical Fibre Cable on various sections of Northeast Frontier Railway and also in the Survey for the Mobile Train Radio Communication (MTRC) Project using GSMR on Northeast Frontier Railway. He had also worked as Principal Chief Signal and Telecom Engineer on Metro Railway, Kolkata and Principal Chief Signal and Telecom Engineer on South Eastern Railway. He worked as Additional Member/Signal Railway Board in October, 2016 and subsequently, he was promoted as DG (S&T) in August, 2018.

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Ghaziabad section of Delhi-Meerut RRTS Corridor likely to be operational by 2023

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21/04/2019

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Delhi-Meerut RRTS, Ghaziabad stretch to get started by 2023

GHAZIABAD (Metro Rail News): A section of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor, from Sahibabad to Duhai, is likely to get started from March 2023. The efforts are being made by The National Capital Regional Transport Corporation (NCRTC) is working on a plan to achieve the target. The deadline for the entire project corridor Sarai Kale Khan to Meerut is March 2024.

Uttar Pradesh chief secretary is likely to conduct a meeting with all stakeholders, including the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) and Meerut Development Authority (MDA) on April 29 to discuss the project said an official.

“There are three levels of monitoring or coordination committees that have been constituted to ensure that work on the proposed RRTS corridor happens without any impediment

“This is to ensure that all problems coming in the way of the corridor are addressed and solved without delays. The government wants the first RRTS train operation on the 17km route between Sahibabad and Duhai to start by March 2023. The deadline (for the entire stretch) is 2024,” the official added.

The pre-construction work on the 17km long stretch like road widening, tree cutting, geotechnical investigation, detailed designing and appointing consultant for station design is started. Civil work on the stretch will be taken up in two phases and the contract will be awarded soon, said the official.

“NCRTC needs land near Hindon Motel through which the proposed corridor will pass,” A GDA official said.

“We have apprised the Meerut divisional commissioner of the NCRTC’s request. Apart from that, a request for 8.5 acres near the elevated road at Vasundhara has been made by the NCRTC, which it plans to use for casting yard. It is being looked into,” said VN Singh, the chief engineer, GDA.
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The 82 km Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor, from Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi to Modipuram in Meerut, will have four stations in Ghaziabad — Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, Guldhar and Duhai. The cost of the entire corridor has been pegged at Rs 3,0724 crore out of which, the UP government’s share will be Rs 6,500 crore. Once completed, trains with an average speed of 100kmph will cover the 82km distance in 55 minutes

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Two Builders move Bombay HC to Realign Bullet train route

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21/04/2019

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MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): Two builders from Vasai have moved the Bombay High Court against the alignment of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project as it will require portions of their land and thus affect an under-construction 13-story residential tower project at Vasai.

The builders informed the court that 95 percent of construction is completed and around 50 flats have been sold. The petitioners, Kalash Devcon LLP, and Chetna Land Developer are independent partnership firms in the residential project and are seeking to change the alignment of the 1.1 lakh crore bullet train project.

Last week, senior counsel M M Vashi mentioned the petition before a division bench of Justice R M Borde and Justice N J Jamadar. It is likely to be heard next week.

Currently, petitioners are seeking directions to the Collector and the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) not to take up further steps for implementing the bullet train project unless they follow the Provisions of Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013.

The petition mentation that one of the respondents to the petitions, Deepak Shah owns 10,260 sqm of land at Gokhivare village, Vasai taluka. Shah permitted Chetna Land Developer to construct a 13-story residential building with 177 flats on stilts on the land for a consideration of Rs 11.51 crore. The firm further granted development rights to Kalash Devcon LLP to construct the residential building by giving a security deposit of Rs 3 crore and 45 percent flats, through an agreement in August 2014.

Shah was granted permission by Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation in 2014 to construct the building. Kalash Devcon LLP constructed the building and sold 50 flats.

The petition said if they did not give possession to these flat buyers, the petitioners will be hauled up for violating the provisions of the Maharashtra Ownership of Flats Act and the Real Estate Regulatory Authority Act.

That most of the buyers belong to middle-class families. They have obtained personal loans from banks/financial institutions/companies and are paying interest on the loans. Therefore, not only the petitioners but after the buyers will be adversely affected,” the petition adds.

In March 2018, the petitioners read an advertisement in a local newspaper that the Collector of Thane is planning to acquire private land by negotiation for the bullet train project. The land of about 9,450 sqm was also mentioned in the public notice, which is the area of the entire building. The petitioners have told the court that if a part of the residential tower is demolished, the whole residential building will collapse.

The petitioners further stated that they received an email in April 2018 from the assistant project manager of the NHSRCL informing them that their land is proposed to be acquired and details and clarity will be available only after a joint measurement survey is carried out.

After receiving the email, the petitioners stopped construction work. On June 12, 2018, officials from the Collector’s office and NHSRCL conducted a joint measurement survey and fixed the alignment, which would affect existing building.

The petitioners also sent a letter to the Collector and NHSRCL stating that the flat buyers are pressurising them to complete construction as there is no “stop-work” notice by any competent authority. The petition further adds that as 95 per cent of the work is completed and as the construction has come to a standstill, they made a representation to NHSRCL pointing out the “hardship caused”. The petitioners have spent approximately Rs 33.51 crore on the land cost, obtaining various permissions, architect’s fee and cost of construction.

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Elon Musk’s Boring Company To Build Two 35-mile tunnels from D.C. to Baltimore

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21/04/2019

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SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s less-than-a-year-old Boring Company, a venture dedicated to vanquishing traffic by quickly building futuristic underground high-speed mass transit systems is received “verbal government approval” for two 35 mile high-speed underground tunnel projects connecting Baltimore and Washington, D.C. He promised, one-day transport travelers between New York and the nation’s capital in 30 minutes.

In view of large-scale infrastructure projects, “verbal government approval” and “government approval” are very different things. Now Musk and the Boring Company are working through the boring part called the Loop.

On April 18, 2019, The company took a small step toward making the Loop a reality: It published a sprawling, 505-page draft environmental assessment. The report, published in conjunction with an alphabet soup of federal, state, and regional agencies, is required under environmental laws.

The underground route would be 30 to 44 feet below the surface and most parts of it will resemble the Baltimore-Washington Parkway.

Elon Musk's Boring Company unveils first tunnel with Tesla vehicles on 'tracking wheels' — Elon Musk’s Boring Company unveils first tunnel with Tesla vehicles on ‘tracking wheels’

On completion, the two tunnels will allow autonomous Tesla vehicles to zip at super speeds of 150 miles per hour. The number of riders would be restricted to 1,000 riders per day in the initial phase and the numbers would increase after intermediate loop stations add up.

The privately funded Loop would carry passengers between downtown Baltimore and Washington through twin 35-mile tunnels 30 to 90 feet below the surface. Battery-powered “autonomous electric vehicles,” or AEVs, would shoot passengers at speeds up to 150 mph, completing the trip in approximately 30 minutes.

Seventy ventilation shafts, housed in nondescript brown huts built on the surface of the route, would help passengers breathe—and serve as emergency exits. Fares would be “comparable to public transportation,” the company writes.

Project’s timelines

According to the report, the time table for two tunnels including excavation of 2,000,000 cubic yards of soil would be 20 months.

The construction work covering stations and two 70 ventilation shafts would take 23 months. The project is expected to kick off after environmental review and regulatory approvals which may come within this year.

Competition from other transportation options

The company says the project is needed because the wider DC region is plagued by terrible traffic. But the company notes that the Loop would face competition from many other transportation options: highways, including I-95; intercity buses; trains from Maryland Rail Commuter Services, or MARC, which transports riders between DC and Baltimore in just over an hour; and Amtrak.

Gauntlet of government approvals

MX Tunnel Rear 1 — Car moving in boring tunnel

Before it can stick a tunnel-boring machine in the ground, however, the project will need to run a gauntlet of government approvals, including from the Maryland Department of Transportation, the District of Columbia Department of Transportation, the federal Department of Transportation, the city of Baltimore, the National Park Service, the Army Corps of Engineers, and potentially Maryland legislators. It would need to pass muster with regional water and environmental authorities. (The assessment includes a lengthy interlude on the project’s effects on local dragonfly species.)

Boring tunnel white — A View of Boring tunnel

It might need a set of purpose-built regulations for its new tech, approved for the Federal Railroad Administration. And it would be subject to a handful of public comment periods—the first of which began Thursday with the posting of the draft assessment. (Go ahead! Submit your public comments here!)

The Boring Company’s technology hasn’t been fully demonstrated, and the company is still working to speed up tunnel boring tech and reduce the costs of digging tunnels. In December 2018, Musk showed off a 1.1-mile prototype of the Loop system in a SpaceX parking lot in Hawthorne, California—a prototype that wasn’t quite finished.

Boring-Tunnel_Exit_Wide — Boring Tunnel Exit

Company fans, reporters, and government officials offered rides on a Tesla Model X mounted in the test tunnel said the trip was notably bumpy; the vehicle only hit speeds of 50 mph. (Unimpressed transportation officials from Virginia reportedly called the system “a car in a very small tunnel.”)

“The bumpiness will not be there down the road,” Musk told the Los Angeles Times in December. “It will be as smooth as glass. This is just a prototype. That’s why it’s just a little rough around the edges.”

Other loop project status

The Boring Company’s other ventures have been mired in politics and bureaucracy. The company abandoned a proposed Loop project in West Los Angeles after a legal challenge from a local neighborhood association. Its high-speed airport connector in Chicago, once championed by outgoing Mayor Rahm Emanuel, faces an uncertain future after the city elected a new mayor who has not been shy about her opposition to the project. Two other projects—one small system inside the Las Vegas Convention Center, and another proposed Loop to Dodger Stadium in LA—are also making their way through local approval processes.

Criticism of over-promising by Boring company

The Boring Company signage is displayed at the tunnel entrance before an unveiling event for The Boring Company Hawthorne test tunnel December 18, 2018 in Hawthorne, California. Musk’s Boring Company is set to bag two high-speed underground tunnel projects connecting Baltimore and Washington, D.C

However, many analysts are skeptical about how Boring Company would deliver on the timelines. Musk’s company is known for offering awesome delivery dates and aggressive timelines. But the ground reality is quite different.

One example is the company’s deal with the city of Chicago to build a high-speed tunnel. The project of underground transportation loop was to connect downtown Chicago and O’Hare Airport for 18 miles.

Musk said in June 2018 that digging for the project would start in three months and the project would be complete in 18 to 24 months if regulatory approvals are in place.

Despite the promise, nothing has progressed. A year later the Chicago project is nowhere near approval.

“I would consider it dead,” commented Gilbert Villegas, alderman for 34th Ward.

Villegas said despite a team of smart, young engineers, digging tunnels in such tiny periods would be too ambitious.

Rebuffing criticism that the Baltimore tunnel plan is car-centric and is drifting away from the Hyperloop model, Musk’s infrastructure company backers point to the varied benefits.

They say the privately funded transportation system would create a significant public benefit in terms of decreased commute times, reduced urban congestion, decreased trip times, low fares, and decreased pollution. The Boring Company signage is displayed at the tunnel entrance before an unveiling event for The Boring Company Hawthorne test tunnel December 18, 2018 in Hawthorne, California. Musk’s Boring Company is set to bag two high-speed underground tunnel projects connecting Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Photo: Getty Images/Robyn Beck

A Teslarati blog also extrapolated the tunnel plan as a prelude to the loop system in the East Coast. It said, if approved, the Boring Company will be tasked with building a hyperloop system for the D.C.-Maryland route.

That loop will press into service autonomous electric vehicles that can transport passengers at speeds of 150 mph. It claimed that East Coast tunnels will be compatible with hyper-loop technology and may allow speeds of over 600 mph for passenger commuting.

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Autorickshaw stands at Lucknow metro stations soon

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20/04/2019

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LUCKNOW (Metro Rail News): Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) and the transport department decided that the transport department will make autorickshaw stands near all Metro stations for better connectivity to residential colonies or offices in a meeting on April 19, 2019.

There is no adequate space around 17 of the 21 Metro stations for the creation of stands, however, The authorities are confident about building the stands within a month. These include prominent stations like KD Singh stadium, Lekhraj, Vishwavidyalay, IT College, Badshahnagar, Hazratganj, Husainganj and Charbagh.

Most of the area is occupied by shops, leaving no space for constructing auto-stands in Hazratganj. Near Singarnagar Metro station, grocery markets and shops are lined up, leaving no possibility for constructing auto-stands. LMRC could also face a challenge at Charbagh Metro station due to heavy traffic movement and encroachment by street vendors. However, stations like CCS airport, Munshipulia, Krishnanagar, Mawaiyya, and Durgapuri have vacant areas around them for autorickshaw stands.

For the time being due to the absence of proper feeder service, commuters either have to walk long distances or depend on e-rickshaws, autorickshaws, and tempos that group to stations and park near gates, hampering traffic on roads.

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If it is not possible to make the stands at the stations, we will find space near them, so that commuters won’t have to walk for long after de-boarding the Metro”
An LMRC official said,

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