The Quebec Ministry of Transportation has awarded the EUR726 million (CAD1,142 million) contract for rehabilitation of the 1.5km Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine Tunnel on the A25 and its access roads to the consortium Renouveau La Fontaine, comprising VINCI subsidiaries (50%) – Eurovia, consortium leader, and Dodin Campenon Bernard – and Canadian company Pomerleau (50%).

The  tunnel, beneath the Saint-Lawrence River and opened in 1967, links the eastern part of the Island of Montreal to the city of Longueuil. The works, to be carried out between early 2021 and July 2025, will include tunnel: repairing the structure, installing new fire protection facings, landscaping and architectural finishes, modernising all electrical, E&M and supervisory infrastructure, as well as deploying new technologies to increase operator and user safety (fire safety equipment and smoke evacuation systems); access roads: widening the A20 motorway with the addition of a new bus and carsharing lane, as well as updating 25 km of pavement (on the A25 and A20) and an interchange.  Visit https://www.vinci.com/vinci.nsf/en/press-releases/pages/20200730-1830.htm and https://pomerleau.ca/. 31/20.