Travel Guide to Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tag: metro
April 19, 2011 News
Amsterdam metro tunnel drilling machine reaches Dam square
June 14, 2010 News
The giant drilling machine tunneling its way through the ground underneath Amsterdam’s centuries-old inner city has reached Dam square.
At a speed of 15 meters a day it has already passed two state monuments — the former stock market and the Bijenkorf warehouse. The historic buildings incurred no damage.
Houses along new Amsterdam metro line construction site subsided
March 1, 2010 News
Owners of historic Amsterdam warehouse want metro drilling delayed over risks
February 11, 2010 News
Drilling for the North-South extension of the Amsterdam metro system is scheduled to start on March 11, but now warehouse De Bijenkorf has demanded the city first performs more research into the risks involved.
Persistent problems during the construction of underground stations for the metro line have already caused damage to several historical buildings.
Metro-committee slams Amsterdam city government
December 15, 2009 News
The City of Amsterdam should never have approved the construction of the North-South metro line a special city council investigative committee concluded Tuesday.
The committee also urges the council to debate the risks associated with the planned drilling of a metro tunnel underneath the historic city center.
Controversial Amsterdam metro project must continue, committee says
June 4, 2009 News
Amsterdam’s problem-plagued North-South metro project should go ahead as planned, a special committee recommends.
The independent Veerman committee, headed by former agriculture minister Cees Veerman, was set up to advise the city on the future of the new metro line — in light of constant budget overruns, revelations regarding deliberate lowball estimates during the bidding process, and damage to historic buildings.
Completion of new metro line unsure as Alderman resigns over cost overruns
February 19, 2009 News
It is unclear whether constuction on the new North-South line of the Amsterdam metro will ever be completed.
After yet another financial setback work on the project has virtually halted — and today Tjeerd Herrema, Alderman for Traffic, Transport and Infrastructure, today resigned from his position.