2013-vinci-annual-report

GROUP / 2013 ALBUM 07
includes Eurovia and VINCI Energies,
together with other companies operating in
the rail sector.
The 302 km of new line and 38 km of connection
lines to the stations employed
8,000 people in 2013, including more than
2,000 local hires. The works focused primarily
on the infrastructure: by the end of
the year, more than 80% of the earthworks
had been completed as had 321 civil
engineering structures, with a further 159
still under construction. In 2014, work on
the superstructure – tracks and catenaries
– will start, followed by power supply, signalling
and telecommunications. The line is
scheduled to come into service in 2017.
The environmental component of the
project is equally vast. Conducted in close
collaboration with local authorities and
nature conservation non-profit organisations,
it consists of implementing offsetting
measures over an area of more than
3,000 hectares to protect the 223 endangered
species that have been identified.
In addition, 1,350 hectares will be replanted:
1 million trees and shrubs of local origin
will be planted inside the land take of the
infrastructure and 2.7 million outside the
land take.