Route 389 Improvement Program

Rank 2024

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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 links the city of Baie-Comeau and the Newfoundland-Labrador border over 570 kilometres. The road was built in several steps by various contractors. It has a very uneven, winding profile that needs several corrections. The entire improvement program for route 389 between Fermont and Baie-Comeau chiefly aims to improve road safety for all users while promoting the development of northern Québec.

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)

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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