The project scope of work includes the construction of a new building – the Secure Care and Recovery Building, to support CAMH’s forensic services.

The announcement is the first in a series the province intends to make in the coming weeks. The province says it achieved 99% of its housing target last year.

The government says the December decision by the Ontario Energy Board would increase costs for homebuyers at a time when affordability is a key concern.

The double-circuit 230 kilovolt transmission line is planned to run between the Lambton Transformer Station in St. Clair Township and the Chatham Switching Station in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent.

The companies’ Ottawa Hospital Build Partners group is working with Infrastructure Ontario and The Ottawa Hospital on the project’s development phase.