$134.5 million

Sector: Transportation

Location: Brake Check to Yoho National Park (Phase 3 East) and Golden Hill to West Portal (Phase 3 West), British Columbia

Key Players: The Focus Corporation (owner’s engineer); Ledcor CMI Ltd. (contractor, Phase 3 East)

Owner: BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure

Financing: Public – While Phase 2 was a DBFO with private partner Trans-Park Highway Group, Phase 3 is being funded through a federal-provincial cost-share under Building Canada Fund.

Status: Phase 3 East is scheduled for completion in 2011; Phase 3 West is to be completed in 2012. Design and construction proposals for this segment are due in early October, and the contract will be awarded in November. The Hill-to-Portal section of Phase 3 is scheduled for completion in 2012.

Project Details: The Kicking Horse Canyon Project involves the improvement of 26 kilometres of the Trans-Canada Highway from Highway 95 in Golden to the western boundary of Yoho National Park to a modern four lane standard with a design speed of 100 kilometres per hour to move traffic more safely and efficiently. Sharp curves and steep grades are being reduced, and narrow bridges are being replaced to increase capacity, improve traffic operations and reduce hazards. The third of four phases involves reconstruction and widening of 8.8 kilometres of highway between the 10 Mile Hill commercial vehicle brake check and Yoho Park, including a new crossing of Mount Hunter Creek (Phase 3 East), and 3.5 kilometres of improvements from Golden Hill to the “West Portal,” the location of a possible future highway tunnel in the Canyon (Phase 3 West).