The ACS group, through its builder Dragados Canada, has taken one of the two major railway contracts in play since last August in Ontario (Canada). Your consortium has been selected by Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx, As announced by the two bodies on Friday, to negotiate the budget for the expansion of light rail Eglinton Crosstown West, In the Canadian city of Toronto. The investment could exceed C $ 4 billion (€ 2,665,000).
The Spanish team up with the local Aecon and with the Italian Ghella. This consortium, called West End Connectors, has the Spanish Type between different engineering for design tasks. ACS Infrastructure Canada, AECON Concessions, Scotiabank Capital, Ghella Investments & Partnerships are part of the squad that will raise the necessary funding.
Rivals on the finish line have been FCC, Forming an alliance with Astaldi and Salini, and the Canadian consortium comprising EllisDon and Barnard.
The extension of this urban railway passes through a new route of 9.2 kilometers in length, six of them below the surface, which seeks to create the future line 5 and connect the city with Pearson Airport. The works will require the use of a tunnel boring machine.
ACS and AECON have had the Eglinton Crosstown line concession since 2015, where they led the design, financing and construction work.