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| Aecon to expand highway near Ottawa, Ontario Aecon Group Inc., Canada's largest, publicly traded construction and infrastructure development company, announced that its Infrastructure Division has been awarded a $25.8 million contract by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) to expand Highway 7 near Ottawa, Ontario. Under the contract, Aecon Construction and Materials (ACML) will work closely with Aecon's wholly-owned subsidiary, The Karson Group, to widen Highway 7 from two lanes to four lanes for a five kilometre stretch, from just west of Highway 15 to the Highway 417 interchange. For the project, Aecon will construct a new interchange and seven concrete culverts, rehabilitate an existing bridge, as well as perform minor signage upgrades. Work on the project is scheduled to be completed in September of 2011. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |