STRABAG awarded second underground segment of Eglinton extension
Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx have awarded a fixed-price contract of $255 million to STRABAG Inc. to design, build and finance the second underground segment of the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension.
The project includes a 500-metre tunnel from east of Jane Street to Mount Dennis Station, and is being delivered through a public-private partnership.
Enabling works for the project are underway and major construction is expected to begin later in 2024.
The contract scope of work includes:
- design and supply of mining and tunnelling equipment;
- detailed design and construction of the launch and extraction shafts and tunnel portal east of Jane Street;
- detailed design and construction of the tunnel between the portal and Mount Dennis Station using the sequential excavation method;
- modifications at Mount Dennis Station to accommodate extended Eglinton Crosstown LRT service; and
- utility work and road modifications along Eglinton Avenue West to accommodate construction activities.
The Eglinton Crosstown West Extension is being delivered in separate procurement contracts:
- a first advance tunnel between Renforth Drive and Scarlett Road,
- a second advance tunnel between Jane Street and Mount Dennis Station,
- elevated guideway between Scarlett Road and Jane Street, and
- stations, rail and systems.
The project will run mostly underground, westward from the future Mount Dennis station to Renforth Drive.
Once complete, the extension will connect to different transit services, including the GO Kitchener Line and UP Express train service at Mount Dennis, TTC bus services at transit stops in Toronto, and GO and MiWay bus services via the Mississauga Transitway.