Status:
Operating

P3 contract value:
$1.88 billion

Estimated cost without P3:
$2.26 billion

Difference/savings:
$380 million (17%)

All figures in 2015 dollars.

Owner:
Ministry of Highways & Infrastructure

Private partner:
Regina Bypass Partners

Projected economic impact:
8200 construction jobs

Sask companies in design/construction:
97 (71%)

Salaries to SK workers:
80%

RFQ:
May 2014

RFP:
August 2014

Contract signed:
July 2015

Construction complete:
Phase 1 in 2017
Full project in 2019

Awards
Premier's Award for Excellence in the Public Service (2018)

Canadian Council of Public-Private Partnership Infrastructure Gold Award (2020)

The Regina Bypass is the largest transportation infrastructure project in Saskatchewan's history and its single largest job creator.

Its two purposes:

1. Safety.  Highway 1 east of Regina was seeing 100 collisions per year.  New overpasses for Pilot Butte, White City, and Balgonie are the long-term safety solution those communities deserve.


2. Growth.  Saskatchewan has a landlocked trade economy.  We need good highway connections to get by.  The Regina Bypass gives us faster, safer access along two of our most important trade routes: Highway 1 east-west, and Highway 6 south to the United States.  21,000 vehicles are expected to use the bypass each day.

Learn more: Regina Bypass at Saskatchewan.ca

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Construction cost: 

Three projects, at $400 million each, were combined into the Regina Bypass P3.  Construction costs today are in line with that estimate at $1.2 billion.  The remainder covers maintenance, snow clearing, engineering advisors, and other parts of the project budget.

Additional Documents:

Fairness Advisor Report 1

Fairness Advisor Report 2

Ernst & Young Value for Money Report