Posted December 26, 2022 at 12:00Updated December 26th. 2022 at 1:40 pm
It is the president of the Société du Grand Paris (SGP), Jean-François Monteils himself who assures it: the Grand Paris metro will not be completed as planned in 2030 but will suffer “probably a delay of a few months”. “We will break the course of 2030, we will reset the deadline for the commissioning of the last two sections” of line 15, from Pont de Sèvres to Saint-Denis Pleyel then to Champigny, he explained, a few days in an interview with AFP
The Grand Paris Express with its 170 shipyards is today one of the largest in Europe. More than 36 billion is on the table to build a transport infrastructure that will completely change the look of the Parisian suburbs, carrying 2 to 3 million passengers a day and creating more than 115,000 jobs. The 200 km of automated metro built by SGP form a ring road that will serve strategic points, including Orly and Roissy airports, the Saclay science center and the sensitive districts of Seine-Saint-Denis. Four subway lines and 68 stations will be built.
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The extensions of line 14 at Saint-Denis Pleyel and south at Orly airport respect the Olympic calendar and will be completed for the Games. Line 15 south, the most advanced, is expected to open at the end of 2025 to connect 18 communes between Pont de Sèvres, Champigny and Noisy-Champs. The first tests will take place in the autumn of 2023. Track laying has begun on lines 16 and 17 for commissioning in 2026 or 2027.
On the other hand, line 15 west, which runs from Pont de Sèvres to La Défense and Courbevoie, serving several towns in the Hauts-de-Seine (Saint-Cloud, Nanterre, Rueil, Bois-Colombes, Gennevilliers, etc.) will not be, as planned, completed by 2030. “The construction of a large part of line 15 will have to be entrusted in whole lots, to the west, north and east of the capital, to construction groups. However, the offers received for the lot that runs from the Pont de Sèvres to Courbevoie (to the west) do not allow us to foresee an opening in 2030. This is a particularly delicate stretch, which passes in particular under the business district of La Defense ” pointed Jean-François Monteils. The lag, however, remains slight: last year it was at almost two years late which had been announced especially on lines 16 and 17 due to the pandemic and supply difficulties.
Reaction of the mayor of Gennevilliers
“The delay is not from 2030 to 2031 but from 2027 to 2031 according to the dates announced at the beginning for the 2 stations of line 15 in Gennevilliers. I have announced good news for 2033 therefore and we will see at the end. In any case, a necessary achievement to improve public transport,” the mayor of Gennevilliers (Hauts-de-Seine) Patrice Leclerc tweeted in reaction.
The delay is not from 2030 to 2031 but from 2027 to 2031 according to the dates announced at the beginning for the 2 stations of line 15 in Gennevilliers. I have announced good news for 2033 therefore and we will see at the end. In any case, an achievement necessary to improve public transport. pic.twitter.com/ZWUw8D92rC
– Patrice Leclerc – Gennevilliers 🔻🐝 (@patrice_leclerc) December 22, 2022
