b'Finance contract model developed inGillian Woodard, YRRTCs manager,station and connected by escalators. collaboration with Infrastructure Ontario.infrastructure within Bus Rapid Transit.YRRTC also works closely with utility YRRTC is project-managing capitalWe have a really strong communitycompanies as they relocate utilities, and construction and York Region Transitengagement team that interacts with localwith municipalities and conservation operates buses on the vivaNext system. businesses, community associations,authorities as they replace culverts and local residents and schools. They are ourwiden bridges.The first three contracts are completelink to the community.and came into service in stages betweenThe engagement of these stakeholders 2013 and 2017. These completedA second focus is stakeholderis essential, because ultimately they rapidways have 15 to 38 per cent fasterrelationships with private landownerswill own parts of the infrastructure, travel times and 16 to 123 per centand other levels of government. TheWoodard says. The satisfaction of every higher ridership compared to pre- rapidway and construction impacts crossstakeholder counts. rapidway curbside service. Just overinto private property and land controlled 12 kilometres of rapidways and 18by municipalities, government agenciesYork Region knows as it continues to Vivastations were built, split among or the province. Examples of this are thegrow, its biggest towns and cities need to three contracts: rapidway that crosses the Hwy 7 bridgehave a fast, seamless transit network in 2.6 km along Davis Drive betweenover Hwy 400 and the Vivastation in theplace to help prevent traffic congestion Vaughan Metropolitan Centre that isand connect people to where they need Yonge Street and Southlake hospitalbuilt directly on top of a new TTC subwayto go.(Newmarket)3.6 km along Highway 7 West between Edgeley Boulevard andBowes Road (Vaughan) KEY CONSTRUCTION PLAYERS 6 km along Highway 7 East betweenBelow are some of the industry players Yonge Street and South Town Centreinvolved in the VIVA Bus Rapid Transit project.Boulevard (Markham)Other contracts underway and scheduledPROJECT MANAGEMENTCONSTRUCTIONENVIRONMENTAL for completion in the next two yearsEllisDonMANAGEMENTSERVICES include 15 kilometres of rapidwayKiewit AECONWSPsegments in Vaughan and NewmarketHatch (2019) and 6.5 kilometres of rapidway inENGINEERINGMorrison Hershfield OTHER Richmond Hill as follows: AECOMDufferin Construction CIMA+ 4.5 km along Highway 7 West betweenEllisDonGolder Associates IBI GroupDBF TEAMMorrison HershfieldHelen Avenue and Edgeley Boulevard KiewitEllisDonSPL Consultants McCormick RankinIBI GroupArmtec 8.1 km that describe an L shape fromWSPLEA ConsultingRider Levett Bucknall Highway 7/Centre Street to YongeParsons Coco Paving Inc.Arup GroupStreet via the existing Viva route alongPeto MacCallum Ltd.Centre and Bathurst 3.6 km between Highway 7 and Major Mackenzie Drive 2.9 km between Levendale Avenue and 19th Avenue/Gamble Road 2.4 km between Mulock Drive and Davis Drive (Newmarket)In addition to rapidways, YRRTC has managed contracts for a 481,679 square-foot transit services facility completed in 2015 and two bus terminals currently underway in Vaughan and Markham. Among YRRTCs innovations for the vivaNext rapidways is a custom mix of red-pigmented asphalt designed to conform to the international standard colour for bus rapid transit lanes and stand up to hard wear under Ontarios testingclimate conditions.One of the strengths of our program is our community engagement, says BUILDERSDIGEST Quarter 3 201931'