Infrastructure | Transit and Transport

Hurontario Light Rail Transit

Torys acted as counsel to the lenders to Mobilinx (Astaldi/John Laing), the successful proponent for the Hurontario Light Rail Transit PPP project to design, build, finance, operate and maintain a new integrated light rail transit system between GO Station in to the Gateway Terminal at Steeles Avenue in Brampton, .

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Municipality: Mississauga and Brampton Province: Ontario Country: Canada

Procurement Model: DBFOM - Design Build Finance Operate Maintain Government Level: Provincial

Client Name: the lenders to Mobilinx (Astaldi/John Laing) Client Role: Lender Value: $4,600,000,000 CAD The project won Proximo’s 2019 North America Rail Deal of the Year.

The project includes:

 18-kilometres of new dedicated rapid transit between Port Credit GO Station in Mississauga to the Gateway Terminal at Steeles Avenue in Brampton;  19 surface stops with connections to GO Transit's Milton and Lakeshore West rail lines, Mississauga MiWay, , and the BRT; and  a maintenance and storage facility for the light rail vehicles at Highway 407.

On October 21, 2019, Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx awarded a contract valued at C$4.6 billion to Mobilinx Hurontario General Partnership (Mobilinx) for the Hurontario Light Rail Transit (HuLRT) project. The contract, adjusted for inflation, reflects payments during construction, a substantial completion payment and monthly service payments during the 30-year operations and maintenance period.

Mobilinx anticipates completion of the LRT in the fall of 2024.

Torys represented the lenders to Mobilinx with a team led by Josh Van Deurzen, Michael Jack, Marshall Rossiter and Mark Bain.