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SNC-Lavalin Secures Contract To Build Section Of Winnipeg's CentrePort Canada Way - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - SNC-Lavalin (SNC.TO) said it has received an engineering, procurement, construction contract from Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation to design and build a four-lane, four-kilometre section of a divided expressway linking Winnipeg's inland port to the James A. Richardson International Airport and the Perimeter Highway.

The contract, which is worth C$142 million, is part of the development of CentrePort Canada Way, a new 10 km corridor that will run through 20,000 acres of industrial land in Northwest Winnipeg.

The contract includes the design and construction of a system interchange, three grade separations, two major box culverts, four-kilometres of new embankment fill and four-kilometres of new concrete pavement.

Construction is underway and SNC-Lavalin's EPC work is expected to be completed in 2012. The expressway is scheduled to be open in 2014.