By rosebell
Following that the first phase of Venezia Station on Rome metro’s Line C that included the installation of diaphragm walls and internal slabs, as well as archaeological excavations, was completed work has been started on the second major construction phase and is going to focus on completing the station box and related works.
As the most complex and strategic undertakings in the historic heart of the Italian capital, this project is being managed by the Metro C consortium led by Webuild and Vianini Lavori on behalf of Roma Metropolitane.
June 2023 was the date of commencing the first phase with the relocation of utilities and measures to protect artistic and historic sites. The contents of this phase were construction of 124 diaphragm walls (91 permanent and 33 cross walls) up to 85m deep and 1.5m thick, in addition to 18 additional walls constructed for the fire shaft on Via dei Fori Imperiali. Some 35,000m3 was excavated, followed by the pouring of 35,000m3 of concrete and the use of 4,700 tons of steel.
Over than 1,500 monitoring instruments were installed on churches and historic buildings, including the Basilica Ulpia, Trajan’s Forum, and Palazzo Bonaparte that’s intention was to protect historic monuments. During the current year’s May archaeological excavations under the supervision of the special superintendency of Rome, Roman and medieval structures, including traces of the ancient Via Flaminia and residential complexes linked to multi-storey residential buildings were uncovered.
While soil consolidation, completion of the station box with additional diaphragm walls, as well as a new archaeological excavation up to 4-5m beneath ground level are the contents of latest phase, in parallel, a shaft will also be dug on Via dei Fori Imperiali.
Being planned to be inaugurated in December, the Line C will involve new archaeo-stations Porta Metronia and Colosseo/Fori Imperiali that have been built by Webuild. After completion, the entire Line C will stretch for 29km with 31 stations,including the future T1 section currently in the design phase.
Linking Venezia and Clodio/Mazzini stations and passing under the Tiber River,construction of the Section T2 with almost 4km long, is also up to the Metro C consortium, which is due to include four stations: Chiesa Nuova, San Pietro, Ottaviano (with an interchange to Line A) and Clodio/Mazzini. Chiesa Nuova and San Pietro will be archaeo-stations.
