Aecon lands three highway contracts

It’ll be a great summer for Aecon Construction and Materials.

The Toronto-based contractor landed a trio of provincial highway improvements valued at $34.5 million.

The Ministry of Northern Development and Mines announced March 21 that Aecon has been handed the job to repave 30 kilometres of Highway 17 near Wawa along with 2.2 kilometres of Highway 101 near the Highway 17 junction.

Culverts at Speckled Trout Creek and at the Agawa River Overflow on Highway 17 are also up for repair. That contract alone is worth $23.9 million.

On Highway 65, Aecon is repaving 15 kilometres of Highway 65, east of Matachewan, south of Highway 66 junction. The culvert at Whiskey Jack Creek is also due to be replaced. The contract is valued $4.9 million.

Aecon is also replacing culverts and a bridge on Highway 560 west of Elk Lake at Unknown Creek, Seven Mile Creek, Six Mile Creek, Tamarac Creek and Lost Lake. The contract is worth $5.7 million.

Work on these three projects will begin this spring and is expected to be completed by fall 2017.

In a statement, Terry Fiset, James Township reeve, said the highway project helps the area’s industrial and tourism business.

“Elk Lake is a resource hub in Northeastern Ontario and provides an important gateway to the Elk Lake Sawmill as well as a significant mining operation in the Town of Matachewan and a number of timber harvesting operations in the vicinity.”