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This article was published 26/3/2015 (2004 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

Three engineering and construction teams have been shortlisted by city hall to bid on the design and construction of stage two of the southwest transitway corridor and Pembina underpass project.

City officials announced Thursday morning that from among the consortiums that responded to the original request for qualifications, three teams were chosen to bid on the project.

The shortlisted teams are:

Plenary Roads Winnipeg – led by Plenary Group Canada, PCL Constructors Canada Inc., Alberta Highway Services Limited (a division of ColasCanada Inc).

Red River Infrastructure Group – led by HOCHTIEF PPP Solutions North America Inc., Ledcor Infrastructure Investments Inc., Flatiron Constructors Canada Limited, Ledcor CMI Limited, Ledcor Alberta Limited, AECOM, McElhanney.

WinnCity Transportation Partners – led by Aecon, Gracorp/Graham, BBGI.

The transitway and Pembina underpass project, at an estimated cost of $590 million, is the most expensive capital project undertaken by city hall.

It will involve the construction of a dedicated corridor for buses, linking the first stage at Jubilee to the University of Manitoba campus, and the construction of a new Pembina Highway underpass at Jubilee.

Work is expected to begin in 2016 and be completed by 2020.

This project is being financed as a public-private partnership (P3). The city retains ownership but the winning team is responsible for regular maintenance, and the city makes capital and maintenance payments to the winning team for 30 years.

The Disraeli bridges and overpass project was constructed as a P3 – the Plenary team won that bid – but city hall later bought out Plenary for $75 million, when low interest rates made borrowing the outstanding amount more attractive than the remaining annual payments, an option available to city hall for this project too.

The city’s share of the estimated $590 million price tag is $225 million, with the provincial government contributing a matching amount and Ottawa providing $140 million.

aldo.santin@freepress.mb.ca