HDR named as technical advisor for Ontario Line

OMAHA, NEB. — Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx have selected a team led by HDR to serve as technical advisor for the Ontario Line in Toronto.

The $10.9-billion project includes a 16-kilometre, free-standing subway line with 15 proposed stations. It will run from Ontario Place/Exhibition Place through downtown Toronto to the Ontario Science Centre.

The line is expected to accommodate nearly 400,000 daily boardings, provide relief to TTC’s Line 1, serve fast-growing areas such as Liberty Village and bring transit to underserviced priority neighbourhoods such as Thorncliffe Park and Flemingdon Park, indicates a release.

As technical advisor, HDR and its primary partners Mott MacDonald, Stantec, Systra and Comtech will provide planning, engineering, environmental, design and construction oversight services during the procurement of the project.

Initial planning and design work has already begun.

“The Ontario Line represents an exciting investment for Toronto, one that will not only provide relief for the existing subway system but will also create connections with the existing and planned transit network,” said HDR senior vice-president Tyrone Gan, principal-in-charge on the project, in a statement.

“Our team is committed and excited to be part of such an important infrastructure project in Canada.”