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Good Roads conference highlights: 鈥楥ar bloat,鈥� transportation design, First Nations involvement

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 08:00:48 +0000

Large pickup truck or SUV owners who attended the recent Good Roads conference in Toronto may have experienced a twinge of self-reproach after listening to the opening day鈥檚 keynote speaker. The speaker was writer and urban mobility expert David Zipper, a senior fellow at the transportation research and advocacy organization MIT Mobility Initiative, who is […]

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Construction complete on West Harbour GO station

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 10:10:30 +0000

HAMILTON, ONT. 鈥� The Ontario government has announced that construction at West Harbour GO Station is now complete. The West Harbour GO Station previously had a dead-end track that required trains to back into and out of the station, explains a release, but now the station is connected to the main Lakeshore West rail line. […]

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17,500 customers still without power after Ontario ice storm: Hydro One

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 15:52:09 +0000

PETERBOROUGH, ONT. 鈥� Some 17,500 customers are still without electricity more than a week after a powerful spring storm encrusted parts of central and eastern Ontario with ice. Hydro One’s outage map shows most of those are in the Peterborough and Georgian Bay areas, both hard hit by the March 30 ice storm. The utility […]

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Tunnelling begins for final segment of Eglinton Crosstown West Extension

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:15:38 +0000

TORONTO 鈥� Ground has been broken on the final tunnel segment of the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension as the new transit line from Scarborough to Mississauga comes to fruition. Crews have now started excavating the twin 500-metre tunnels under Eglinton Avenue West, from Jane Street to the future Mount Dennis Station. The twin tunnels will […]

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Municipal use of Recycled Asphalt Pavement on a major upswing, says Good Roads speaker

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 08:00:48 +0000

In one of the numerous seminars at the recent Good Roads conference in Toronto, a three-member panel of asphalt technical specialists turned the spotlight on sustainability and environmental initiatives in the roadbuilding sector. A keynote message delivered by one of those speakers, Good Roads鈥� senior specialist of technical programs and research Amin Mneina, is that […]

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More than 34,000 customers remain powerless after spring storm tears through Ontario

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 12:55:33 +0000

MINDEN, ONT. 鈥� Just over 35,000 customers still don’t have power back in Ontario more than a week after a storm tore through the central and eastern parts of the province. Among the hardest hit communities were those surrounding Peterborough and Orillia. Hydro One says over 4,800 crews are working to restore service, with favourable […]

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Fourth generating unit online at Site C

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 11:00:06 +0000

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. 鈥� The Site C project has reached another key milestone, with the fourth generating unit now online. According to BC Hydro, this means two-thirds of the project鈥檚 generating capacity is now operational. Site C鈥檚 first generating unit was brought online in October 2024, with the second unit following in December. The […]

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Over 50,000 Hydro One customers without power in Ontario

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:06:14 +0000

MINDEN, ONT. 鈥� About 55,000 Ontarians are without power Monday as Hydro One’s 4,800 crew members make efforts to get the lights back on after last week’s ice storm. The provincial utility said Sunday morning that the number of customers had dropped to 69,000 as the utility made progress on the prolonged ice storm outages, […]

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EllisDon Infrastructure reaches financial close on major Alberta P3 schools bundle

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 11:10:36 +0000

EDMONTON 鈥� EllisDon Infrastructure has announced it has reached financial close on the P3 Schools Bundle #5 project in Alberta. The Government of Alberta awarded EllisDon鈥檚 consortium to design, build, finance and maintain six schools in various regions of the province. The new builds, in six communities, will feature one kindergarten to Grade 5 school, […]

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Kenaidan Murphy JV awarded more than $1B contract for TTC Bloor Yonge Capacity Improvements

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 14:52:16 +0000

TORONTO聽聽鈥� A Kenaidan Murphy Joint Venture (KMJV), alongside lead design partner Arup, has been awarded a more than $1 billion contract for the Bloor Yonge Capacity Improvements Project by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC).聽聽 According to a press release, the win will see KMJV, in collaboration with the TTC, deliver the development services phase […]

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Hamilton reports it is on track with Red Hill Valley Action Plan promises

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 08:00:49 +0000

City of Hamilton Public Works staff say nine of 36 items recommended by the Red Hill Valley Judicial Inquiry have been completed and it is expected all items will be addressed by next year. The inquiry, led by Superior Court Justice Herman Wilton-Siegel, was requested in 2019 to look into a suspect number of crashes, […]

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Eglinton East LRT project reaches milestone; Crosstown opening date may be in sight

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 08:00:10 +0000

TORONTO 鈥� The City of Toronto has announced a major milestone in relation to the Eglinton East Light Rail Transit (LRT) project just as rumblings begin to emerge about the beleaguered Eglinton Crosstown LRT tentatively opening in September. The city reported recently that the Eglinton East LRT project has completed the transit and rail project […]

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