Route 389 Improvement Program

Rank 2025

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Industry Sector: Transportation

Project Type: Highway

Project Value: $738 million

Funding Source: Public

Federal Funding: $183 million (New Building Canada Fund, Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component—National and Regional Projects)

Provincial Funding: $555 million

Province: Quebec

City / Region: Baie-Comeau, Quebec to the Labrador border

Estimated End Date of Substantial Completion: 2028

Route 389 connects the town of Baie-Comeau and the border of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador over a distance of 570 kilometres. Built in stages, it has a very rugged and winding profile requiring several connections. The program is divided into five separate projects carried out in parallel: Project A—from Fire Lake to Fermont; Project B—from Baie-Comeau to Manic-2; Project C—north of Manic-5, from kilometre 240 to kilometre 254; Project D—from Manic-2 to the north of Manic-3; and Project E—from north of Manic-3 to Manic-5.

Project Owner: Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable

Contractor: Dexter Québec (project A, section 3 and project C); cooperation agreement with the Innu Takuaikan Uashat mak Mani-utenam Council (project A, sections 1 and 2) Groupe Alfred Boivin (project B)

Other Key Players: BPR/AXOR Experts-Conseils Consortium (planning and specifications north of Manic-5); Roche-TDA Consortium, in conjunction with Inspec-Sol (GHD) (Environmental assessment); WSP (route design work); AECOM (consulting engineer); Englobe/ AtkinsRéalis (quality control and materials engineering-project A, section 3); Norda Stelo/CIMA+/Tetra Tech (work monitoring-project A, section 3); Stantec (design/planning engineer)

2024 Rank: 81

2023 Rank: 90

2022 Rank: 89

2021 Rank: 90

2020 Rank: 92

2019 Rank: 90

2018 Rank: 88

2016 Rank: 91

2015 Rank: 96

2014 Rank: 94

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