Yellowhead Trail Freeway Conversion Project

Rank 2025

71

Image Credit: City of Edmonton

Industry Sector: Transportation

Project Type: Highway

Project Value: $1 billion

Funding Source: Public

Federal Funding: $241.6 million

Provincial Funding: $241.6 million

Municipal Funding: $516.8 million

Province: Alberta

City / Region: Edmonton

Estimated End Date of Substantial Completion: 2027

The Yellowhead Trail Freeway Conversion involves converting the existing corridor from an expressway with signalized intersections to a free-flowing freeway with grade-separated interchanges. The upgrade will eliminate eight intersections, build two new interchanges, modify three existing intersections, and build new collector roads. Construction on the 156 Street to St. Albert Trail segment was substantially completed in 2024, along with the Fort Road widening project. Substantial work was also done along the Yellowhead between 156 Street and St. Albert Trail, where three lanes of traffic now flow in each direction

Project Owner: City of Edmonton

Engineer: AECOM (owner’s engineer), WSP, Stantec, CIMA+; ISL Engineering and Land Services Ltd; Al-Terra Engineering Ltd.; WSP (design and construction administration)

Contractor: Standard General Inc., Lafarge Canada Inc., PCL Construction Management Inc.; Graham Construction

Other Key Players: Wood (WSP) (environmental engineering); Arcadis-IBI Group (design); McElhanney (site surveyor); Parsons (consulting engineer); Aon (risk advisor)

2024 Rank: 62

2023 Rank: 60

2022 Rank: 58

2021 Rank: 51

2020 Rank: 53

2019 Rank: 57