Route 138

Rank 2024

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Industry Sector: Transportation

Project Type: Highway

Project Value: $695.5 million

Federal Funding: $184.8 million

Provincial Funding: $510.7 million

Province: Quebec

City / Region: Kegaska and Vieux-Fort

Estimated End Date of Substantial Completion: TBD

The purpose of the Route 138 extension project is to link the Basse-Côte-Nord communities together and with the rest of Québec. The work is carried out in an area featuring complex geographical, physical, and environmental conditions. Between Kegaska and Vieux-Fort, about 400 kilometres are not connected to route 138 and, consequently, to the rest of the province.

Project Owner: Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable

Contractor: Tree clearing phases I and II: Unamen Shipu Tree clearing Phase III: Gazon Savard

Project/Construction Manager: Construction Phase I: Unamen Shipu (Innu Meskanau)

Other Key Players: Groupe Mobilité Basse-Côte-Nord (Stantec and Tetra Tech); Englobe; Norda Stelo; FNX Innov/Tetra Tech

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