Ontario Construction News staff writer
Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) have issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for a project to widen a stretch of Highway 3 to four from two lanes.
According to IO’s recent P3 Market Update, the project is valued at “less than $200 million”.
Contractors have until early August to answer the RFQ and it is anticipated that a request for proposals for the design, build, finance contract will be issued this fall.
The second phase of a highway widening project that stretches from Essex to Leamington, will be built using as a public private partnership (P3).
Coco Paving Inc. and Dillon Consulting Ltd. have already started construction on a smaller portion of the highway.
The first step in procurement for the next stage will be to prequalify bidders for the highway work this summer. The RFQ covers four-laning Hwy. 3 from 1.2 kilometres east of Essex Road 23 to 1.1 km east of Essex Road 34. In all, the road work covers 15.6 kilometres. Also, realignments and intersection removals are included.