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| SNC-Lavalin to manage construction of Edmonton North LRT project SNC-Lavalin (TSX: SNC) announced that its 50/50 joint venture partnership with Graham Infrastructure, the North Link Partnership, has been awarded a contract for approximately $300 million by the City of Edmonton for the Edmonton North light rapid transit (LRT) project to provide construction management services, provision of labour, materials and equipment for all construction work, and testing and commissioning of the system for handover to the City. The North LRT is a 3.3 km extension from the existing Churchill underground station adjacent to City Hall northwest to Grant MacEwan University, the Royal Alexandra Hospital and the Kingsway Shopping Mall, terminating at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) campus. The extension is an intermediary link from the existing LRT system to an eventual service line north to the City of St. Albert. The initial 700 m of the LRT extension will involve building an underground tunnel from the Churchill LRT station while maintaining regular LRT operations in the existing tunnel. The remaining 2.6 km are at-grade guideway with three passenger stations to be constructed at MacEwan University, Kingsway/Royal Alexandra Hospital and NAIT. Work on the North LRT project began in March 2011 with a scheduled completion date of December 31, 2013. write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Construction News :: home page |