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CIB to invest $650M in Lake Erie Connector project
The agency has committed up to $655 million toward construction of a $1.7-billion project that will connect Ontario’s electricity grid with a regional transmission organization in the US. Part of the project involves running a transmission line under Lake Erie.
Infrastructure Ontario releases spring P3 Market Update
Of the 41 projects listed in the document, only three are new. Two more have shifted further along in the procurement process. The combined value of the works listed in the document exceeds $60 billion.
Choice Properties REIT, Daniels Corporation move forward with Golden Mile development
The companies will transform the 67-year-old Golden Mile shopping centre on Eglinton Avenue in Toronto into a mixed-use, mixed-income transit-oriented community. Phase one of the work will include two condominium towers, and a purpose-built market rental building.
CCA paper calls for focus on sustainable infrastructure
The association says now is the time for the federal government to change the way in which public infrastructure projects are determined and funded.
Budget includes funding for two-way, all-day GO service
A significant package of infrastructure works announced in the province’s 2021 budget will increase capacity on GO Train line along the Guelph subdivision, and allow more trains to travel both ways between Kitchener and Toronto.