The Ministry of Transportation revealed a few tidbits about the Evergreen Line Saturday. Transportation Minister Mary Polak says the announcement wasn't just about releasing the names of the stations and was more than a back slapping exercise ahead of May's provincial election. "Well, what is new -- is that we have the early works are mostly … [Read more...]
Work starts soon on Evergreen line
January 29, 2013 by
A consortium lead by SNC-Lavalin, "EGRT Construction", has been awarded an 890 million dollar contract to design, build and finance the Evergreen line. It's expected eight thousand jobs will be created during the construction of the line. Work begins in February. And that work will include building a two kilometre tunnel, and seven stations. CKNW … [Read more...]
S-N-C Lavalin picked for Evergreen Line
October 4, 2012 by
The provincial government has selected S-N-C Lavalin as its so-called "preferred proponent" to design and build the Evergreen rapid transit line. But the two parties still have to finalize an actual agreement. S-N-C Lavalin was selected over two other bidders, including the Kiewit-Flatiron group that's building the new port mann … [Read more...]
New stop on Evergreen Line
July 19, 2012 by
The federal government, the city of Coquitlam, and a private real estate company are coming together to create another stop along the Evergreen Line. "Lincoln Station" will sit between Coquitlam Centre and the David Lam campus of Douglas College. The federal government's 7-million dollar contribution comes from their "p-3 Canada fund." The … [Read more...]
Evergreen Line contracts are up for grabs
November 25, 2011 by
The Province has posted two tenders for early construction on the Evergreen Line, for contracts to be awarded by January.The tenders include installing underground BC Hydro power lines in Port Moody and Coquitlam, and removing two vacant buildings in Coquitlam and one in Burnaby. The primary constractor for the Evergreen Line project will be … [Read more...]
