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Construction to begin on Ottawa’s Hull Crossing, Union Bridge
The crossing is the oldest in the National Capital Region, and will see extensive repair work at a cost of just shy of $25 million.
RFQ issued for Highway 3 expansion
The work, which will proceed under a public-private partnership (P3) arrangement, calls for widening a stretch of road of approximately 16 kilometres from two lanes to four between Essex and Leamington.
Contract awarded for Highway 17B repairs
Work on a 20-kilometre stretch of the highway will be performed by a contracting partnership that involves Garden River First Nation, Shwe Miikaan Corporation and Miller Paving Limited.
CMHC funds project to build 51 rapid housing units in Toronto
The national housing agency has contributed $14 million to a project that will build more than 50 affordable housing units in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood.
Millions of cubic litres of water wasted annually: RCCAO report
A new report from the Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario calls attention to the poor state of repair of underground municipal water pipes, and suggests tactics to repair wasteful assets.