According to Ottawa mayor Jim Watson, the construction on the first phase of the USD 2.1 billion O-Train Confederation LRT project is on time and on budget.
For this project, the Canadian Government is contributing USD 600 million, the City of Ottawa will also allocate up to USD 161.5 million and USD 287 million of provincial gas tax transfers to the capital infrastructure. Funds for the remaining project will come from development charge revenues and transit reserves.
Currently construction is being carried out for the future Tremblay Station, which is located west of the former Train Transitway Station and south-west of the existing D-ring road in front of the VIA Rail Station on Tremblay Road.
The line and the 13 stations should be completed next year, for all these stations the construction will start by the end of this year. The route includes a 2.5 km tunnel that connects to the O-Train’s Trillium Line at Bayview Station.
The Rideau Transit Group is the private-sector partner responsible for this first stage of the project, which will have a 12.5km electric light rail line that will provide rapid transit between Blair Station in the east and Tunney’s Pasture Station in the west.
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