MONTREAL, QUE. — The Société de transport de l’Outaouais has awarded the contract for professional, technical and multidisciplinary services on the Gatineau-Ottawa tramway project to Groupe Porteur.
The team is comprised of SYSTRA Canada, Egis and EXP.
This 24-kilometre tramway project will provide a link between downtown Gatineau and Ottawa.
Groupe Porteur will work with the TramGO Project Office through all phases of the $114 million Gatineau-Ottawa tramway contract, which includes technical and environmental studies, procurement, and construction work supervision and commissioning tests.
Groupe Porteur will also work in collaboration with architectural firms Richez_Associés and Provencher Roy.
“In spring 2025, Groupe Porteur will hand in a work plan detailing all project deliverables and associated schedules. It will serve as the basis for the action plan of all future public consultations on the project,” says Jean Steenhouwer, Chief Commercial Officer of Egis in Canada, in a statement.
The technical and environmental studies for the 22 of 24 kilometres of the route on Quebec territory will also begin this spring.
Highlights of the project include:
- 24 kilometres of new line, including 22 in Quebec and two in Ontario.
- A Y-shaped circuit with a south (10.5 kilometre) and north (7.5 kilometre) branch
- 37 stations
- Four multimodal exchange hubs
- Commissioning by 2035
For more information visit www.tramwaygatineauottawa.ca
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