[St. John's] Transport development (Highways, Airport, and Public Transit)

[Offshore1]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfo...nape-1.7114715

[J_Murphy]

Anyone have access to Saltwire content and able to share details on this story?


https://www.saltwire.com/newfoundlan...ear-100951897/

[Downtown1966]

“That process is still ongoing, but we're at the stage now that we almost have the tender ready to roll,” he said. “We want to see this done, obviously, in the shortest period of time as possible. In terms of timeframes, we are pretty well on schedule. We may have lost a few months in terms of getting the tender ready, but we'll pick that up in the spring.”

The final phase of the highway, expected to be completed by 2027, will connect the highway to Pitts Memorial Drive via a series of roundabouts and a realignment of a section of Brookfield Road. In 2023, the provincial and federal governments announced $30 million to complete the highway, with half coming from the feds and half from the province.

The first two phases of the project cost just over $70 million, so the overall cost for the highway will come in at about $100 million.

Of that amount, approximately $37.5 million was and will be covered by the federal government, leaving $63 million or so from provincial coffers.

Abbott said once the highway is completed it will have a significant impact on moving traffic from the north part of the city to the south and take pressure off some roads such as Brookfield Road and Commonwealth Avenue in Mount Pearl.

[Offshore1]

“We want to see this done, obviously, in the shortest period of time as possible. In terms of timeframes, we are pretty well on schedule. We may have lost a few months in terms of getting the tender ready, but we'll pick that up in the spring.”
Yes - funding announced last year and still no tender. Sure sounds like they want it in a hurry.