Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx have chosen Mosaic Transit Group for the Finch West Light Rail Transit project.
The Mosaic Transit Group will be in charge of the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of a light rail transit line in Toronto.
Members of the preferred proponent team include:
- Applicant Lead: ACS Infrastructure Canada Inc., Aecon Concessions — a division of Aecon Construction Group Inc., CRH Canada Group Inc.
- Construction: Aecon Infrastructure and Management Inc., Dragados Canada Inc., Dufferin Construction Company — a division of CRH Canada Group Inc.
- Design: Arup Canada Inc., Dillon Consulting Limited, DPM Energy Inc., DTAH, Perkins + Will Canada Inc., Sener SES Canada Inc.
- Maintenance: ACS Infrastructure Canada Inc., Aecon O&M — a division of Aecon Construction Group Inc.
- Financial Adviser: RBC Dominion Securities Inc.
IO and Metrolinx expect to reach financial close and award the contract in spring 2018, with design and construction to begin shortly thereafter.
The project includes 11 kilometers of new, semi-exclusive light-rail transit between Humber College and the new Finch West Subway Station on the Toronto–York Spadina Subway Extension. It will have 16 surface stops, a below-grade terminal stop at Humber College, and an underground interchange station at (Keele Street and Finch Avenue West) TTC’s Finch West Subway Station. A maintenance and storage facility will be built for the light-rail vehicles as well. Other required components, such as trackworks, signaling, communications, and public realm infrastructure will also be included.
Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx have also recently issued two RFQ’s for interested firms to design, build and finance two of the stations and off-corridor projects. The projects — new Regional Express Rail (RER) Stations and Smart Track Stations — are part of a larger, systemwide plan to improve GO Transit service.
The province is investing $21.3 billion to transform the GO rail network from a commuter transit system to a regional rapid transit system.
