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MONTRÉAL The federal and Québec governments have announced a 500-million reconstruction project for Canadas longest highway tunnel the Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine Tunnel linking Montréal to its southern suburbs. In August 2020 the contract was awarded for the rehabilitation project.

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First it was the Turcot Interchange then the Champlain Bridge -- now the Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine Tunnel will get a major facelift.

Tunnel lafontaine construction. The 75 million project was not without its controversies namely the expropriation and razing of the. The LH Lafontaine Tunnel opened in 1967 and runs between Montreal and Longueuil on the eastern side of the St. The bridge-tunnel has about 120000 daily crossings of which 13 are trucks.

To this day the Lafontaine Tunnel remains the longest underwater vehicular tunnel in Canada. The Quebec Ministry of Transportation has selected a consortium to rehabilitate the 15-kilometre Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine tunnel in Montreal. Quebec-based Pomerleau holds a 50 per cent stake in the design-build-finance project.

The Québec Ministry of Transportation is taking on the daunting task of ensuring that the bridge-tunnel continues to connect Montréal with the South Shore of the Saint. For more than 50 years the Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine bridge-tunnel has been an important part of Montreals busy infrastructure. More On This Topic Rebuilding Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine.

Rebuilding Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine Tunnel a four-year ordeal. Named after Lower Canada political reformer Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine the seven section 14km immersed tube structure carries the Autoroute 25 expressway and passes beneath the main shipping channel. Quebecs transport minister announced on Thursday that a contract has been signed with the firm Renouveau La Fontaine for the conception construction and financing of the L-H-Lafontaine tunnel.

Were bringing Montréal infrastructure into the 21st century said federal Infrastructure Minister François-Philippe Champagne referring also to the new Samuel-de. The rebuild is slated to begin in 2020 and the tunnel. The Lafontaine Tunnel and its approaches were opened to traffic on schedule on March 11 1967 - just 47 days prior to the opening of Expo 67 - at a cost of C75 million.

The work to be conducted includes. This bridge-tunnel was named in honor of noted. March 11 1967 The Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge-Tunnel in Canada was officially opened.

The renovated tunnel is expected to have about 40 years of life. Archival footage of the Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine bridge-tunnel under construction. On Monday the Montreal Quebec and Canadian governments.

The original Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Tunnel was constructed in 1967 and was in need of significant rehabilitation or replacement in order to make it viable for residents in Montreal. In that time it has served the geography well but has seen some inevitable wear and tear. Breadcrumb Trail Links.

The complete shut down of the nearly two dozen Réseau express métropolitain REM construction sites spread throughout Montreal this May as well as two significant safety issues with the Mont-Royal Tunnel will delay all components of the new light rail project by at least three months and others by as much as a year and a half. The 1143 billion design-build-finance contract has been awarded to Renouveau La Fontaine which consists of three companies. This Quebec-based structure which runs both over and beneath the St.

A 50-50 joint venture between France-based Vinci subsidiaries Eurovia and Dodin Campenon Bernard and Quebec-based. The Lafontaine tunnel which turned 50 years old March 11 will be undergoing a 1-billion facelift in the next few years. The federal and Quebec governments have announced a 500-million reconstruction project for Canadas longest highway tunnel the Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine Tunnel linking Montreal to its southern suburbs.

Lawrence River and carries the Autoroute 25 expressway links the Island of Montreal with the south shore of that river at the city of Longueuil. The Quebec Ministry of Transportation has awarded a 726m contract to the consortium Renouveau La Fontaine that includes VINCI subsidiaries Eurovia DodinCampenon Bernard and Pomerleau to rehabilitate Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine Tunnel and its access roads. The Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine tunnel was inaugurated in 1967 and at 15 kilometres long is the longest underwater tunnel in Canada.

Work on the tunnel is expected to begin in 2019 after the new Champlain. Eurovia which is leading the construction team and Dodin Campenon Bernard are both subsidiaries of France-based infrastructure giant Vinci.