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| Mott MacDonald appointed on Victoria Station Upgrade project  London Underground has appointed Mott MacDonald to be lead consultant for the detailed design through to construction of the Victoria Station upgrade, as part of Transport for London's £10 billion Investment Programme. The £509 million project is due to start in 2009 and be complete in 2014. Passengers using one of London Underground's (LU) busiest and most congested stations are set to benefit from a major upgrade following the award of a contract for the Victoria Underground station redevelopment.When complete, the project will increase the size of the station by about 50% with a new ticket hall, lifts and escalators to ease congestion and provide step-free access from street level to Victoria, Circle and District line platforms. The upgrade of Victoria station is one of several plans by London Underground to ease congestion at stations. As a result of London's growing population by 2016, it is estimated that the Tube could be carrying 25% more passengers, which is equivalent to an average 3.4m passengers every day. This demonstrates the need for continued investment in the Tube and London's transport network to increase capacity. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |