Highway 401 Expansion Project

Province: Ontario

City/Region: Milton to Mississauga

Image Credit: Infrastructure Ontario

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Project End: 2023

Project Type: Highway

Industry Sector: Transportation

Project Amount: $649 million

Date of Completion: 2022

Funding Source: P3

Provincial Funding: $649 million (MTO)

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About The Project

The Highway 401 expansion project consists of an approximately 18-kilometre-long stretch within the western part of the Greater Toronto Area, from the Credit River in Mississauga to Regional Road 25 in Milton. This portion of highway feeds into the northwest corner of Toronto, passing by Pearson International Airport before stretching across the top of the city heading east. The Expansion project will create: 12 lane core-collector system from the Credit River to Winston Churchill Boulevard; 10 lanes from Winston Churchill Boulevard to Highway 407 ETR/ Highway 401 interchange; 12 lane core-collector system from Highway 407 ETR/ Highway 401 interchange to east of the James Snow Parkway; 10 lanes from the James Snow Parkway to west of Regional Road 25; median HOV lanes; and support facilities and features—drainage, lighting, signage, ATMS, carpool lots, etc.

Project Owner: Ontario Ministry of Transportation

Project/Construction Manager: Infrastructure Ontario (Project Manger); WSP(Construction Manger)

P3 Team Members/Project Team: DBF Team: West Corridor Contractors • Developer: Aecon infrastructure Management Inc. (Aecon), Parsons, Amico Design Build Inc. (Amico) • Constructors: Aecon, Amico, Parsons • Designers: Parsons (Lead Designer), Hatch, EXP • Financial: National Bank Financial

Engineer: Hatch; Parsons (consulting)

Other Key Players: Operis (financial services); Morrison Hershfield (structural design review); A.W. Hooker Associates Ltd. (independent certifier); AECOM (owner's engineer); Aon (risk advisor); DECAST; EllisDon; Golder-a WSP company (geotechnical services); CIMA+; Comtech (project management consultant); Arcadis-IBI Group; Comtech; Dillon Consulting (landscape architectural services); Turner & Townsend (cost control)

Legal: Borden Ladner Gervais (for the owner)

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