Hamilton LRT

Rank 2025

24

Image Credit: Metrolinx

Industry Sector: Transit

Project Type: LRT

Project Value: $3.4 Billion

Funding Source: Public

Federal Funding: $1.7 billion

Provincial Funding: $1.7 billion

Province: Ontario

City / Region: Hamilton

Estimated End Date of Substantial Completion: TBD

The Hamilton LRT project, as proposed, would bring 14 kilometres of rapid transit to Ontario’s fifth-largest city, connecting McMaster University in the west to Eastgate in the East, with 17 stops planned on the route. In November, 2024 the Province issued an RFQ for the Civil Works and Utility Relocations contract to lead the construction of most civil work, including utility relocations, roads, structures, grade separations, bridges, sidewalks and traffic control signals along the alignment.

Project Owner: Metrolinx

Project/Construction Manager: Infrastructure Ontario (Procurement Agent)

Other Key Players: AECOM (consulting engineer); WSP (technical advisory, design and geotechnical services; Wood (WSP) (consulting engineer/geotechnical studies); Stantec (engineer-design); Arcadis-IBI Group; Accenture (project manager); Hatch; Turner & Townsend (project controls/estimating); Dillon Consulting (design engineer); AGAT Labs (environmental assessment); Egis; INTECH (risk advisor); KPMG

Legal: Borden Ladner Gervais (for the owner)

Road or Transit Length (km): 14

2024 Rank: 24

2023 Rank: 23

2022 Rank: 24

2020 Rank: 52

2019 Rank: 56

2018 Rank: 55

2017 Rank: 49