A project agreement has been finalized between the Government of Canada and the private partner, Signature on the Saint-Lawrence Group, on the new Champlain Bridge corridor project
June 19, 2015 – Montréal, Quebec – Infrastructure Canada
The Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs, and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, today presided over the historic launch of one of the largest construction sites in North America. The project will create 30,000 high quality jobs in the Montreal region and across Canada, and ensure the economic growth and prosperity of the Greater Montreal region for generations.
The total cost of the project is $4.239 billion, well within the Government of Canada's initial estimates. This amount includes the $3.977 billion contract between the Government of Canada and the Signature on the St. Lawrence Group, which covers the construction period, to begin in June 2015 and end in the fall of 2019, as well as a subsequent 30-year operating period. The agreement includes the design, construction, financing, operation and rehabilitation of the corridor project, including the new Champlain Bridge, the new Île-des-Sœurs Bridge and reconstruction and widening of the federal portion of Highway 15.
The ceremony, attended by Quebec Transport Minister Robert Poëti, the mayors of Montreal, Brossard and Longueuil and the mayors of the boroughs of Verdun and Sud-Ouest, took place on Île-des-Sœurs, near the construction site of the new Champlain Bridge.
Backgrounder
Announcement of Signature on the Saint-Lawrence Group as the preferred proponent
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