$1.5 billion

Sector: Transportation

Location: Montreal, Quebec

Key Players: Ministère des Transports (principal contractor)

Owner: Transport Québec

Financing: Public – The Province of Quebec will pay for the massive construction project with its capital budget.

Status: Scheduled for completion in 2016. Scheduled to begin construction in November 2009, but without a solid development plan, work has been postponed.

Project Details: Échangeur Turcot is the largest structure of its kind in Quebec, with average traffic in excess of 280,000 vehicles per day. Having been in service for more than 40 years, the Interchange requires major reconstruction. The Ministère des Transports (MTQ) project involves the reconstruction of the Turcot, De La Vérendrye, Angrignon, and Montréal-Ouest interchanges, reducing the number of raised structures and constructing as many sections as possible at ground level or on embankments. The project also calls for the relocation of the railway tracks and Autoroute 20 to the north, toward rue Pullman, opening up former rail yard properties for future development.