As per reports, it has been revealed that Spain's consortium has been chosen to build the first subway in Ottawa, capital of Canada. It is said to be the biggest subway that is going to be built in the history of Ottawa.

The bid has been won by Spain's ACS Infrastructure and SNC-Lavalin for Can$2.1 billion. Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson was the one, who told about the news terming the project to be the biggest one that will be build in the capital.

The project is not only to be the biggest one for the capital, but it will create a number of opportunities for people. To talk about the facilities, this project is going to provide job opportunities. Not only this, it will reduce a lot of traffic from the roads, which will benefit environment as well.

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said that it would not be wrong to say that quality of life will change due to this project. If to go as per the wordings of experts then the construction work will start by 2013 and efforts will be done to complete the project by 2017. It is said that in order to win the bid, the group has defeated two other finalists.