Toronto road rebuild project awarded

Work is starting shortly on rebuilding a stretch of Toronto’s FG Gardiner Expressway. The US$248 million project to upgrade section 1 of the route will be handled by the Aecon Group. Work will start in the third quarter of 2018 and should be finished by the end of 2020. Aecon Group’s contract calls for rebuilding work to three ramps plus a complete replacement of the FG Gardiner Expressway between Jarvis Street and Cherry Street. Other features of the work will include new street lighting systems being inst
July 16, 2018 Read time: 1 min

 Work is starting shortly on rebuilding a stretch of Toronto’s FG Gardiner Expressway. The US$248 million project to upgrade section 1 of the route will be handled by the 8786 Aecon Group. Work will start in the third quarter of 2018 and should be finished by the end of 2020. Aecon Group’s contract calls for rebuilding work to three ramps plus a complete replacement of the FG Gardiner Expressway between Jarvis Street and Cherry Street. Other features of the work will include new street lighting systems being installed along with a new communications system for emergency services.

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