Edmonton Valley Line – Stage 1

Province: Alberta

City/Region: Edmonton

Image Credit: City of Edmonton

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Project End: 2020

Project Type: LRT

Industry Sector: Transit

Project Amount: $1.8 billion

Date of Completion: 2021

Funding Source: P3

Federal Funding: $Building Canada Fund: $150 million; PPP Canada: $250 million

Provincial Funding: GreenTRIP: $310 million; Building Canada Fund matching: $150 million; interest-free loan: $140 million

Municipal Funding: $800 million

LEED Status: Silver

Road or Transit Length (KM): 13.1

Previous Rankings

202137
202034
201930
201827
201725
201626
201525
201410

About The Project

The Valley Line is the largest single infrastructure project in the history of Edmonton. It consists of a 27-kilometre low-floor urban line running from Mill Woods to Lewis Farms that crosses downtown. It will be separate from the city’s existing high-floor LRT system. This line will feature modern, low-floor, light-rail vehicles running segregated along existing streets and integrating with Edmonton’s surrounding neighbourhoods.

The first stage of the project is the 13.1-kilometre southeast section from Mill Woods to 102 Street. Construction is progressing on all areas of the project, with target service commencement scheduled for December 15, 2020. However, the project has hit delays, and will now be operational sometime in 2021.

Project Owner: City of Edmonton

P3 Team Members/Project Team: Fengate Asset Management; Bechtel; EllisDon; Bombardier; Transdev; ARUP; IBI Group

Engineer: AECOM;Hatch;Mott MacDonald;DIALOG;ISL Engineering and Land Services;GEC Architecture;Associated Engineering (engineering & environmental services);Wood Group (consulting)

Other Key Players: Aon; BTY Group; EY; KPMG; LeighFisher; Morrison Hershfield; INTECH; Englobe; Tetra Tech; AGAT Labs; GHD; McElhanney

Legal: Borden Ladner Gervais (legal advisor); McCarthy Tétrault; Norton Rose Fulbright

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