b'PROJECT PROFILENEW TRACK CONSTRUCTION WITH DEEP ROOTSSTOUFFVILLE CORRIDOR GO RAIL EXPANSION BUILDS ON THE PAST By Sarah B. HoodTHE TASK OF RETROFITTING AA second track is being added betweenamenities as passenger shelters, live passenger rail line comesKennedy and Unionville GO Stations,canopies, electronic Presto card with many challenges. A case in point iswhile four stations and their associatedmachines, notification of incoming trains Metrolinxs and Infrastructure Ontariostransit connections are being upgraded. and messaging from the train operation.Regional Express RailStouffville Stations expansion project. In the springWhen the basic infrastructure isWe are still working on several of 2018, EllisDon Transit Infrastructurecomplete, electrification of the corridorstations, says Mohamed Alkoka, was awarded the contract to design,will commence. This stage of the projectMetrolinxs director for GO Expansion build and finance it. Since then, theis covered under a separate contract,Project Delivery. Old Elm has been company has navigated numerouscurrently in procurement. Final bids wereexpanded; now we are in construction challenges while transforming thereceived in November of 2021, and athat will separate passengers from Stouffville rail corridor to accommodatesuccessful bidder will be announced operation and will give access to the faster trains and increase passengerin 2022. facilities that are customary to Metrolinx capacity for decades to come. and GO, including parking forSo far, a second track has been added672 vehicles.The project will ultimately allow forto most of the existing line. Culverts and electrified train service in both directionsbridges have been widened, conduitsAt Milliken GO, the station is being every 10 minutes or better from Torontohave been installed and some stationsrebuilt to accommodate the second track to Unionville GO and every 30 minuteshave been upgraded to bring them upand increase passenger access, with a up to Mount Joy GO in Markham. to a systemwide standard with suchvehicle underpass and pedestrian bridge 30Quarter 12022 BUILDERSDIGEST'