BRITISH Columbia transport authority TransLink has begun returning to service the first of 114 Vancouver Skytrain Mark 1 light metro vehicles to be refurbished under a $C 37.9m ($US 35.2m) overhaul programme, which is expected to extend the life of fleet by 15 years.
MAJOR construction works on Vancouver's Skytrain Evergreen Line are set to begin by the end of the month after the provincial government of British Columbia signed a finance-design-build contract for the $C 1.4bn ($US 1.39bn) project with the EGRT consortium, which is led by SNC-Lavalin.
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GREATER Vancouver transport authority Translink has selected a consortium led by SNC-Lavalin as preferred bidder for the contract to finance, design, and build the $C 1.4bn ($US 1.43bn) Skytrain Evergreen Line.