Contract Awarded for Construction of Kenmount Terrace School 

June 30, 2025

The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure has awarded the contract for the construction of a new school for Kenmount Terrace. Olympic Construction Limited has been awarded a contract valued at $41.9 million for the new facility which will include pre-kindergarten to Grade 7 in English and French streams.

The Honourable Elvis Loveless, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure; the Honourable Bernard Davis, Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development; and the Honourable Sarah Stoodley, Minister of Government Modernization and Service Delivery and MHA for Mount Scio, were on site today to mark the official groundbreaking.

This new school will be a three-story building, approximately 11,803 square metres, and will be accessible from Ladysmith Drive. It will include 43 classrooms for a projected enrolment of approximately 860 students and program spaces appropriate for the K-7 grade levels. The school will also include three pre-kindergarten homerooms for 60 children.

Once constructed, it is anticipated that the school will be the largest in the province with this grade configuration.

Budget 2025 allocated support of $70.5 million for a number of school infrastructure projects, including $55.5 million for new schools in Kenmount Terrace, Cartwright, Paradise, and Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s.

Information on tenders issued and awarded by the department and other public bodies is available by visiting www.merx.com/govnl.

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