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The Société de transport de Montréal (STM) announced that the Blue Line extension project is taking shape and will begin his construction in the coming months. Mobilization of the first excavation sites for the tunnel boring machine will begin at the end of September. In the coming weeks, road work will be instal on Jean-Talon at the intersections of Pie-IX and Viau. Later this autumn, site mobilization will begin to prepare the excavation for Langelier station. Other construction will follow gradually over the course of 2025.
The Blue Line Project Office has also provided an update on the progress of the project. It has announced a major milestone in the completion of the Blue Line extension, and confirms the award of the tunnel construction contract, excavation of some of the future stations and auxiliary structures (CI12).
This contract was awarded to Mobilité bleu Horizon S.E.N.C. in the amount of $1.109 billion (before taxes). The TBM will be received and put into operation from 2025 to 2028. This is the largest contract to be awarded for the Blue Line extension. It represents a important step in the completion of the major works and the realization of the project.
Mobilité Bleu Horizon (MBH), a consortium made up of equal parts of the companies Pomerleau, EBC and Spie batignolles.
“We are pleased to begin this sustainable mobility project that is part of the socio-economic development of eastern Montreal. Our experience on major projects such as the REM, the Surrey Langley SkyTrain stations in British Columbia, and the renovation of the Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine tunnel in Montreal, demonstrates our ability to undertake increasingly complex projects across the country,” said Philippe Adam, chairman and CEO of Pomerleau.
The Montreal Metro Blue Line Extension project is No. 11 on ReNew Canada’s 2024 Top100 Projects report.
“EBC is proud to contribute to this major project by leveraging its expertise in underground excavation. It is by carrying out major public transportation projects such as the extension of the Montreal metro, the construction of the REM, including the underground station at the Montreal Airport, or by complex and risky excavation work such as major Canadian hydroelectric dam construction sites, that EBC has developed specialized techniques that will be used today,” said Marie-Claude Houle, president and CEO of EBC.
“We are very proud to contribute to the extension of the Montreal blue line thanks to our expertise in managing major transport infrastructure projects in Europe such as those of Grand Paris, in which Spie Batignolles was a major player, or that of Lyon Turin Ferroviaire and more recently that of the red line of the Lisbon metro,” said Jean-Charles Robin, president of Spie Batignolles.
Earlier this summer, in accordance with the Directive sur la gestion public infrastructure projects, the project office submitted a business case for business case for approval by Cabinet. This business includes updated planning and costing for the project. associated with the project. The discussions that took place in the process of awarding the TBM contract have enabled STM to detail the final parameters of the project.
According to the Blue Line Project Office, the project planning is now based on a longer schedule, which reduces the level of risk associated with the project’s project start-up schedule. We now have a clearer view of the project’s delivery parameters in relation to the complexity of the work. The parameters authorized by the Conseil des ministres confirm the timetable for completion of the Blue Line extension project line extension project and the associated budget. Consequently, the project office is aiming for the extended section of the blue line to go into operation in 2031, at a cost of $7.576 billion. |
