By Lynda Myer
Considering that a hydro-milling machine is slated to be installed in November on Rome’s Piazza Venezia station, the working process is currently undergoing on this project.
The location of installing station foundations is at a depth of up to 85m, and the site work, which has already commenced in the central part of the square, will proceed with archaeological core drilling and soil pre-consolidation work, prior to the station diaphragms being installed. Following pre-treatment of the soils, the hydro-mill is due to be installed, whereas underground utilities along the alignment are being relocated.
Comprising of eight levels below ground, three entrances as well as 27 escalators, the station will be a central hub for Rome’s Line C and is the city’s first driverless underground line. Also each level will cover 4,500m2.
As one of Line C’s four archaeo stations, the first level of this project dedicated to artefacts uncovered during the excavation, while discoveries already made involve the Auditoria di Adriano, the remains of a two-storey public building of the Emperor Hadrian’s times (117-138 AD).
The responsibility of constructing this project is up to the Metro C consortium, led by Webuild and Vianini Lavori and has been launched by Roma Metropolitane and.
With 29 stations, line C is planned to be 26km long, whereas almost 19km is already in operation, with 22 stations between Montecompatri/Pantano to the east and San Giovanni near the center. Stretching between San Giovanni and Colosseo/Fori Imperiali with 3km long, Section T3 is 91% complete, with the tunnels completed up to the site of the future Venezia Station.
