Metrolinx and Infrastructure Ontario have issued a request for proposals to two consortia that have been pre-qualified to deliver the balance of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT project, an integrated system consisting of stations, trackworks, signaling, communications and other required infrastructure.
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Metrolinx and Infrastructure Ontario have issued a request for proposals to two consortia that have been pre-qualified to deliver the balance of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT project, an integrated system consisting of stations, trackworks, signaling, communications and other required infrastructure.
As part of their bid proposals, Crosslinx Transit Solutions and Crosstown Transit Partners, must include plans for increasing apprenticeship training on the Crosstown, providing significant opportunities for local companies, and ensuring design excellence and community benefits.
The consortia prime team members include:
— Crosslinx Transit Solutions: SNC-Lavalin, ACS Infrastructure Canada, EllisDon, Aecon, Dragrados Canada and IBI Group.
— Crosstown Transit Partners: Fengate Capital Management Ltd., OHL Concesiones S.A., STRABAG Inc. Bechtel Development Co. Ltd. and Obayashi Canada Holdings, Ltd.
The two consortia consist of more than 30 companies.
The Crosstown will run across Eglinton Avenue between Mount Dennis (Weston Road) and Kennedy Station. The 19-kilometre corridor will include a more than 10-kilometre underground portion between Keele Street and Laird Drive. It will have 25 stations and stops, linking to bus routes, three subway stations and various GO Transit lines.
The project represents a $5.3 billion (2010) transit improvement investment — the largest in the history of the region. Construction on the Crosstown began in 2011 with the west launch area at Black Creek Drive and Eglinton Avenue.
Tunneling from the west began in June 2013 and two tunnel boring machines are in operation. In November 2013, the east tunnels contract was awarded. Construction on the east launch area east of Brentcliffe Road will begin in early 2014.
The qualified consortia will spend most of 2014 planning and preparing their teams and proposals to design, construct, and finance the project’s construction, as well to maintain the stations and trackwork over a 30-year period.
Infrastructure Ontario is managing the procurement of the Crosstown’s integrated system and Metrolinx will oversee detailed design and construction to ensure that the winning team fulfills all of its obligations under the project agreement.
The TTC will operate the LRT lines under an operating agreement with Metrolinx.
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