VINCI awarded contract by Quebec authorities for the rehabilitation of Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine Tunnel, Montreal
30 Luglio 2020 - 6:30PM
VINCI awarded contract by Quebec authorities for the rehabilitation
of Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine Tunnel, Montreal
Rueil Malmaison, 30 July 2020
VINCI awarded contract by Quebec
authoritiesfor the rehabilitation of Louis
Hippolyte Lafontaine Tunnel, Montreal
- Enhance safety and optimise traffic
- 4 years of work
- A €726 million contract
The Quebec Ministry of Transportation has
selected consortium Renouveau La Fontaine, comprising VINCI
subsidiaries (50%) – Eurovia, consortium leader, and Dodin Campenon
Bernard – and Canadian company Pomerleau (50%), to rehabilitate
Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine Tunnel and its access roads.
The tunnel was opened in 1967 and is the longest
underwater structure in Canada, covering a distance of 1.5 km
beneath the Saint-Lawrence River. It is a strategic transport
corridor for the Montreal urban area, linking the eastern part of
the Island of Montreal to the city of Longueuil. Louis Hippolyte
Lafontaine Tunnel carries 120,000 vehicles a day.
The rehabilitation aims to improve tunnel
safety, optimise traffic and promote carsharing and public
transport.
The contract, worth €726 million (C$1,142
million), calls for the financing, design and execution of
rehabilitation works. The financing package includes a bank loan
from a syndicate of five Canadian banks and a Japanese bank.
The works will be carried out between early 2021
and July 2025. They include:
- Access roads: widening the A20 motorway with the addition of a
new bus and carsharing lane, as well rehabilitating 25 km of
pavement (on the A25 and A20) and an interchange.
- Tunnel: repairing the structure; installing new fire protection
facings; landscaping and architectural finishes; modernising all
electrical, electromechanical and supervisory infrastructure, as
well as deploying new technologies to increase operator and user
safety (fire safety equipment and smoke evacuation systems).
Throughout
the works, the consortium will be responsible for the operation,
upkeep and maintenance of the various sites and roads, which will
remain open to traffic at all times.
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contracting, employing 222,000 people in some 100 countries. We
design, finance, build and operate infrastructure and facilities
that help improve daily life and mobility for all. Because we
believe in all-round performance, above and beyond economic and
financial results, we are committed to operating in an
environmentally and socially responsible manner. And because our
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to all our stakeholders and engaging in dialogue with them is
essential in the conduct of our business activities. VINCI’s goal
is to create long-term value for its customers, shareholders,
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