Ontario Line - Southern Civil, Stations and Tunnel project

Location:
Toronto
Project Type:
DBF – Design Build Finance
Infrastructure Type:
Transit
Contract Value:
To be announced at Financial Close
South Portion of Ontario Line Map
Ontario Line Map

About the Project:

The Southern Civil, Stations and Tunnel project is one of three P3 contracts to deliver the Ontario Line, a 15.6-kilometre stand-alone rapid transit line that will connect the Ontario Science Centre to Exhibition/Ontario Place.

Status

  • Request for Qualifications:
    Jun 02, 2020
  • Short-list Bidders Selected:
    Dec 14, 2020
  • Request for Proposals:
    Dec 14, 2020
  • Winning Bidder Selected:
  • Construction Begins:
  • Construction Ends:

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The scope of work for the South contract includes:

  • A design-build-finance contract for the southern portion of the Ontario Line, from Exhibition/Ontario Place to the Don Yard portal (west of the Don River)
  • Civil: ground works required to build the tunnels and stations; utility and conduit works to prepare for the RSSOM mechanical and electrical systems; guideway structures and facilities to prepare for the track structure to be installed by the RSSOM contractor
  • Stations:         
    • one above-ground station to be integrated with the existing GO Transit Exhibition Station
    • two underground stations to be integrated with the existing TTC Osgoode and Queen subway stations
    • four new underground stations (King/Bathurst, Queen/Spadina, Moss Park, Corktown)
  • Tunnel: a six-kilometre tunnel and all associated tunnelling works from Exhibition to Don Yard portal (west of Don River)

Project Benefits

  • Faster, more frequent and reliable access to rapid transit with more than 255,000 people will live within a 10-minute walk of an Ontario Line station
  • Improve the quality of life for commuters by reducing daily travel time
  • Reduce crowding on the existing Line 1 (Yonge-University) subway
  • Up to 57,000 more jobs accessible by transit (in 45 minutes or less) for Toronto residents
  • Economic and community growth along the future transit line and thousands of job opportunities annually during construction
  • Reduction in traffic congestion, greenhouse gases and fuel consumption by providing an alternative transportation option

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