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and funded by development charges that are
applied to new construction projects. Contract
1 alone is 5.8 km in length, worth $103 mil-
lion, and encompasses Lakeshore Road. from
Lakefront Promenade to Dixie Road. and Dixie
Road. from Lakeshore Road. to Golden Orchard
Drive. The extensive construction process uses
two methods, the first is open-cut, which is
digging a trench and laying a water pipe in, and
the second is tunneling, which uses specialized
equipment to excavate beneath the surface of
the road to install the pipes.
Once completed, the project will move 400
million litres of water each day through the
Hanlan Feedermain and 120 million litres of
water each day through the Mississauga City
Centre Subtransmission Main. The design
work for Contracts 1 & 2 of the project has
been awarded to CH2M HILL, and Contract 3 is
being undertaken by MMM Group. The infra-
structure will provide operational flexibility in
the case that the existing Hanlan feedermain
needs to be temporarily shut off, and will ac-
commodate the Region’s future planned and
Back row: Dave Abreu, Scott Durdle & Frank Pugliese. Front row: Bill Turner, Anthony Parente & Troy Leyburne.
