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March 28, 2006
B.C. highway project to cost $125M
VANCOUVER
Parsons has joined with Flatiron Constructors of Canada Ltd. as Trans Park Highway Constructors to design and construct Phase 2 of the Kicking Horse Canyon Improvement Project.
This $125 million fast-track project includes construction of 4.6 kms of new highway pavement along a new alignment and a 400-metre bridge high above the Kicking Horse River.
Parsons will provide design management, bridge design and construction quality control, while Flatiron Constructors will lead the construction.
The client, Trans Park Highway General Partnership (TPHG), is the concessionaire to improve, operate and maintain a 26 km corridor for 25 years for the B.C. Ministry of Transportation.
Located on the Trans-Canada Highway in eastern B.C., and serving as the major east–west connection with Alberta, the design-build project passes through Kicking Horse Canyon between Golden and the western boundary of Yoho National Park.
This 26 km corridor is currently a narrow, winding, two-lane road with steep rock drop-offs to the Kicking Horse River, sharp grades and substandard alignment.
The corridor has had no significant upgrades since its construction in the mid-1950s and presents an ongoing maintenance challenge due to adverse weather conditions and frequent rock fall.
As one of the highest rock fall hazard areas in B.C., it has 2.3 times the average accident rate for this type of facility.
Begun in October 2005, the project’s aggressive schedule will allow traffic on the realigned highway and new bridge by November 2007 with completion in early 2008.
Meeting this schedule requires active construction year round, even in difficult winter weather conditions.
The improvement project exemplifies the trend toward public-private partnerships in which a private entity is funding the improvements and will operate and maintain the corridor for the next 25 years in exchange for payments from the province based on traffic volumes and service levels.
Canadian Press
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