TORONTO — Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx have announced substantial completion was reached on the first set of tunnels for the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension (ECWE) project on June 30.
The first advance tunnel contract includes two 6.3-kilometre tunnels stretching from west of Scarlett Road to Renforth Drive.
The contracting team, West End Connectors, successfully completed the tunnels, cross passages, headwalls for future stations, utilities and emergency exit buildings as well as other construction elements, states a release.
The construction team consists of Aecon Infrastructure Management Inc., Dragados Canada Inc., Ghella Canada Ltd. and design team of TYPSA Inc. and EXP Services Inc.
The design-build-finance project was delivered through IO’s Public-Private Partnership model.
An elevated guideway and second set of tunnels (the second Advance Tunnel contract) are currently under construction.
The stations, rail and systems contract is in procurement. Once work on all the contracts has been completed, the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension will bring Line 5 Eglinton another 9.2-kilometres west from Mount Dennis LRT station in Toronto to Renforth Drive in Mississauga, the release adds.
