Agreement ensures new Champlain Bridge to open in Montreal in December
MONTREAL — The federal government and the consortium building the new Champlain Bridge announced Friday they have reached a settlement paving the way for the new span to open in December.
Officials said the opening date for Montreal’s new bridge over the St. Lawrence River is now Dec. 21 instead of Dec. 1.
It will replace the federally owned structure right next to it — a six-kilometre span linking Montreal with its south shore that opened in 1962.
Considered one of Canada’s busiest bridges with roughly 50 million crossings yearly, it has been deteriorating for years.