TORONTO — Ontario has officially awarded the contract to design and build the elevated guideway for the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension to Aecon Infrastructure Management Inc.
The guideway will be about 1.5 kilometres in length, running along the north side of Eglinton Avenue West from just west of Scarlett Road to east of Jane Street, where the line will head underground again and connect with the future Mount Dennis Station.
“As part of the largest expansion of public transit in Canadian history, the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension will bring more people in Toronto and Mississauga closer to rapid transit,” Transporation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria said in a news release.
Once complete, the province estimates that the extension will support as many as 4,600 jobs annually during construction and attract 69,700 daily boardings by 2041.
“The Eglinton Crosstown West Extension will bring over 9 kilometres of rapid transit to new neighbourhoods, reducing gridlock and making it easier for people to get to where they need to go,” added Mississauga-Malton MPP Deepak Anand
In 2021, the Government of Canada announced its commitment to fund over $10 billion toward the eligible costs for Ontario’s priority transit projects in the Greater Toronto Area, including more than $1.87 billion for the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension.
