Discussions with the project’s contracting consortium will continue over the coming weeks with a view to signing one of the largest contracts ever obtained by Canam Group. The contract remains subject to the signature of various contractual agreements between the consortium and the federal government.

Canam’s agreement is with Signature on the St Lawrence Group, a consortium that includes SNC-Lavalin Major Projects, Dragados Canada and Flatiron Constructors Canada. The government selected the consortium in April as the preferred proponent to finance, design, build, operate and maintain the new bridge, which will have an approximate length of 3.4km and is slated to open in 2018.

The new cable-stayed bridge will span the St. Lawrence River from the île des Soeurs to Brossard, immediately downstream from the existing Champlain Bridge.