Ontario Transit Group awarded contract for Ontario Line South package

Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx last week awarded Ontario Transit Group a CA$6 billion contract to design, build and finance the Ontario Line Southern Civil, Stations and Tunnel package.

The Ontario Transit Group includes an applicant lead (Ferrovial Construction Canada Inc. and VINCI Construction Grand Projets), a design team (AECOM Canada Ltd., COWI North America Ltd., GHD Ltd. and SENER Group), a construction team (Ferrovial and Janin Atlas Inc.) and a financial adviser (Agentis Capital).

The group will begin mobilizing its design and construction crews, with major work to begin in 2023, Infrastructure Ontario officials said in a press release. Work is expected to finish in 2030.

The scope of the project package includes:

• a 3.7-mile tunnel from the GO Transit Exhibition Station to Don Yard portal;
• groundwork required to build the tunnel, stations, utilities and conduits to prepare for mechanical and electrical systems installations;
• guideway structures and facilities to prepare for track structure installation; and
• the building of seven new stations. One above-ground station will be integrated with the existing Exhibition Station, while two underground stations will be integrated with the existing Toronto Transit Commission-owned Osgoode and Queen subway stations. The remaining four will be standalone stations (King/Bathurst, Queen/Spadina, Moss Park and Corktown).

The Ontario Line will be a nearly 10-mile rapid transit line running between the Ontario Science Centre and Exhibition/Ontario Place in Toronto. Fifteen stations will be located along the route, including six interchange stations. The new line will provide dozens of connections to other transit services, including bus, streetcar, light rail and regional heavy rail.