WHITBY - The request for proposals stage has closed for companies to submit bids to design, build, finance and maintain the East Rail Maintenance Facility project.   

Built to support GO Transit's planned service expansion in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, the 500,000-square-foot facility in Whitby will accommodate maintenance work and provide storage for up to 22 12-car passenger trains.  

Over the next several months, Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx will evaluate the proposals. The successful bidder and cost of the project will be announced publicly following financial close, which is expected in early 2015. Construction is anticipated to begin shortly after.  

Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx are working together to deliver the project, which will remain publicly owned, controlled and accountable. Funding for the project is provided by the Province of Ontario via Metrolinx, with the federal government providing a portion of the funding for up to 25 per cent of eligible construction costs.  

IO is a Crown agency of the Province of Ontario that works to deliver public benefits through partnerships with the private sector. IO delivers large, complex public infrastructure projects using a made-in-Ontario modern procurement and project management practice called Alternative Financing and Procurement (AFP). IO also partners with the private sector to manage one of the largest real estate portfolios in Canada, provides municipalities and eligible public-sector clients with loans to renew public infrastructure, and leverages its private-sector expertise to advise the provincial public-sector clients on commercial transactions.  

The new maintenance facility is part of Metrolinx's regional transportation plan to provide residents and businesses in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area with fast, convenient and integrated transit. Working through its divisions GO Transit, PRESTO and Union Pearson Express, Metrolinx is transforming the way the region moves. 

Visit www.infrastructureontario.ca for and www.metrolinx.com more information.  

Contacts: 

Lisa DiMenna 
Infrastructure Ontario 
416-326-9378  

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