Aecon Wins $105M Road Contract In Ontario

Woodstock, Ontario (AHN) - Aecon Group Inc. announced Monday that it was awarded a $105 million contract by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation for the rehabilitation and widening of a 15-kilometer (9.3 miles) portion of Highway 401 near Woodstock, Ontario.

Stockhouse.com reported that the contract is Aecom's largest project with the transport agency to date, which involves almost 700,000 cubic meters of earth excavation, 1.2 million tons of granular base, 400,000 tons of asphalt, and 12,500 cubic meters of concrete.

Civil works have started which included the rehabilitation of seven bridge structures, installation of a concrete median barrier, and expansion of the highway from four lanes to six.

Completion of the project is expected in the fall of 2011.