Ground investigations are being carried out along the route of the East Railway
Fieldwork relating to the general planning phase of the East Railway will commence along the entire length of the line. The route runs for a short distance through the southernmost parts of the municipality of Tuusula.
Work relating to ground investigations and the construction of the survey control network will begin on site by the start of June. Field surveys will continue throughout the master plan phase until 2028.
In the municipality of Tuusula, the route of the East Railway, as well as the ground investigation and surveying work, will be carried out in the vicinity of the northern end of the Kelatie employment area.
Ground investigations are being carried out using a drilling rig, which causes noise in the surrounding area. When setting up the survey base, surveyors move around the site on foot carrying their measuring equipment. The investigations currently underway are gathering baseline data for the preliminary design phase.
The surveyors will contact landowners by post and telephone at least two weeks before the surveys begin. Landowners may also contact the project team directly if they have any information regarding fieldwork on their own properties. Contact can be made via the fieldwork contact form on the Itärata website.
The data collection for the master plan phase of the East Railway, which was carried out by aircraft earlier this spring, has now been completed. This means that there will be no further aerial survey flights in the East Railway area.
The East Railway (Itärata) is a planned new rail link from the Helsinki metropolitan area to Kouvola via Porvoo. Itärata Oy, owned by the Finnish state and 24 towns and municipalities, is responsible for planning the rail project.
This content has been translated using AI