Route 185 Phase III
Province: Quebec
City/Region: Saint-Antonin to the New Brunswick border
Image Credit: MTMD
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Project Rank
Project End: 2026
Project Type: Highway
Industry Sector: Transportation
Project Amount: $883.3 million
Date of Completion: 2026
Funding Source: Public
Federal Funding: $$389.7 million
Provincial Funding: $493.6 million
LEED Status: Certified
Previous Rankings
| 2025 | 81 |
| 2024 | 71 |
| 2023 | 70 |
| 2022 | 63 |
| 2021 | 53 |
| 2020 | 55 |
| 2017 | 51 |
| 2016 | 51 |
| 2026 | 83 |
About The Project
Phase III of the project, 40-kilometre long from Saint-Antonin to Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, has been under construction since 2018. This is the final stage, which will complete the construction of Highway 85. This phase of work is divided into seven sections, which have been gradually being commissioned since fall 2021 and will continue until 2026. Phase I of the construction of Highway 85 was completed in 2011. The work was divided into four sections totaling 21 kilometres.
Project Owner: Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable
Project/Construction Manager: Stantec
Other Key Players: WSP (construction supervision services), Tetra Tech, AECOM (construction supervision); Englobe; CIMA+ (consulting engineer)
Key Players
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Gold (15-19 Projects)
Silver (10-14 Projects)
Bronze (5-9 Projects)
- ACCIONA Infrastructure Canada
- Accuracy
- Alstom
- Associated Engineering
- Black & McDonald
- Blake, Cassels & Graydon
- Cartel Communication Systems
- COWI
- Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
- DECAST Ltd.
- DIALOG
- EBC Inc.
- FlatironDragados
- GeoVerra
- HDR
- Hemmera
- Infrata
- Kasian
- Lakeland Consulting Inc.
- Lavery, de Billy
- LRI Engineering
- McMillan LLP
- Montrose Environmental
- Mott MacDonald
- Mulvey & Banani
- NORR Architects & Engineers Ltd.
- Osler
- Parkin Architects Ltd.
- Plenary Americas
- R.V. Anderson
- STRABAG Inc.
- Tiree
- Torys

