Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx have awarded a $729.2 million contract to West End Connectors to design, build and finance the tunnels for the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension project in Toronto.
The proposed extension will run 9.2 kilometers (5.7 miles) from the future Mount Dennis LRT station to Renforth Drive and will operate mainly underground, helping to reduce travel times and improve access to jobs, schools and other destinations throughout the Greater Toronto Area, according to Metrolinx’s website.
The scope of work includes 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) of tunneling for the 9.2-kilometer (5.7-mile) extension; the design and construction of launch and extraction shafts, tunnels, as well as headwalls for emergency exit buildings and stations; supplying tunnel boring machines and installing segmental precast concrete tunnel liners; and activities necessary to build the tunnel, such as utility relocations, supports for shaft and headwalls, temporary power
