The Green Line Board has approved Bow Transit Connectors and City Link Partners to move forward to the Request for Proposals (RFP) stage of the Calgary Green Line LRT Project.
Bow Transit Connectors consists of Barnard Constructors of Canada, LP, Flatiron Constructors Canada Ltd. and WSP Canada Inc. City Link Partners includes Aecon Infrastructure Management Inc., Dragados Canada Inc., Acciona Infrastructure Canada Inc., Parsons Inc. and AECOM Canada Ltd.
Phase 1 is the largest infrastructure project in Calgary’s history and the successful proponent will build the 18km core of the Green Line, constructing the most technically complex section of the new LRT line to support future expansion to the north and south.
“Green Line is confidently moving forward with Bow Transit Connectors and City Link Partners, two very strong proponent teams. With extensive competition due to record investment in global transit, to have attracted their collective expertise is a great endorsement of the project,” said Green Line Board chair Don Fairbairn.
The submissions were evaluated against technical capabilities, approach, experience and financial capacity and the process was overseen by an external fairness monitor.
“This is a very strong step for Green Line and speaks to the work done by the city to collaborate with industry to drive interest and investment,” said Mayor Jyoti Gondek.
An important addition to the transit network in Calgary, Phase 1 will connect southeast Calgary to the downtown and into the existing LRT and four MAX BRT routes while building:
- 18 kms of LRT track
- 13 stations including underground and elevated station buildings
- Bridge structures
- Park and Ride facilities
- A maintenance storage facility for light rail vehicles.
The RFP for Phase 1 will be released by the end of Q3 2022 with one of proponents selected in early 2023 as the development partner followed by the launch of a year-long development phase “to allow for collaboration, design progression, and better understanding of risks and costs in an open and transparent manner,” the release stated.
