Réseau express métropolitain

Province: Quebec

City/Region: Montreal

Image Credit: REM

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Project End: 2027

Project Type: LRT

Industry Sector: Transit

Project Amount: $9 billion

Date of Completion: 2027

Funding Source: Public/Private

Federal Funding: $$1.28 billion (through the Canada Infrastructure Bank)

Provincial Funding: $1.283 billion (Government of Quebec); $512 million (ARTM); $295 million (Hydro-Quebec)

Private Funding: $5.98 billion (CDPQ Infra)

Road or Transit Length (KM): 67

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About The Project

The Réseau express metropolitain (REM) will be a new integrated network linking downtown Montreal, South Shore, West Island, North Shore, and the airport. Once completed, the 67-km line will be one of the longest automated metro lines in the world. The REM opened its first segment on July 31, 2023, with five new stations spread over 17 kilometres. Since its opening, over a million people have already used the service, which has maintained a 99 per cent reliability rate in recent weeks. Construction continues on the remaining antennas, with a completion rate of 85 per cent. Testing will begin in these areas in spring 2024. 

Financing Detail: There are five funding partners involved with the project: CDPQ Infra - $5.98 billion Government of Quebec - $1.28 billion Government of Canada (through the Canada Infrastructure Bank) - $1.28 billion Hydro Quebec - $295 million ARTM - $512 million

Project Owner: CDPQ Infra

Project/Construction Manager: EPC contract: Groupe NouvLR— AtkinsRéalis Grands Projets Inc.; Dragados Canada Inc.; Groupe Aecon Québec Ltée; Pomerleau Inc.; EBC Inc. • RSSOM Contract: Groupe des Partenaires pour la Mobilité des Montréalais—Alstom Transport Canada Inc.; AtkinsRéalis O&M Inc. • Conception: AtkinsRéalis; AECOM (engineer-design/EPC Team)

Engineer: CIMA+; Hatch; EXP; Parsons (consulting); Sener (independent checker); Stantec

Other Key Players: Hanscomb (advisory service s for design, engineering, and costing); EXP (feasibility and diligence studies); WSP (geotechnical); Aon (risk advisor); GHD (geotechnical/testing); INTECH (risk advisor); Deloitte (due diligence advisor); Englobe; Canam Group; Jacobs (independent certifier); Turner & Townsend (cost/schedule management); Arium Design (wayfinding consultant); HKA, Accuracy (management consultant); Egis; KPMG; LRI Engineering

Architects: Lemay; Bisson Fortin; Perkins+Will; Provencher Roy

Legal: Norton Rose Fulbright (advising CDPQ Infra); Lavery de Billy (advising CDPQ Infra); Borden Ladner Gervais (advised NouvLR); Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg (advised PMM); Stein Monast (advised the Quebec Government); Fasken Martineau DuMoulin (advisor for ARTM); Dentons

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