"Setback for Gordie Howe Bridge: New 2025 Completion Date and $700M Cost Increase"
TL;DR
The opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, a significant infrastructure project connecting the U.S. and Canada, has been postponed to September 2025, a year later than initially planned. The delay, which has pushed the project's cost from $5.7 billion to $6.4 billion, is attributed to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the setback, the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority has completed the bridge towers and has adjusted the community benefits plan to accommodate the delay.
Topics:businessinfrastructure-and-transportation#construction-delays#covid-19-pandemic#gordie-howe-bridge#infrastructure#infrastructure-and-transportation#us-canada-relations
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- Canadian government will foot extra $700M in Gordie Howe bridge delays CBC.ca
- Gordie Howe International Bridge now expected to be completed in Sept. 2025 Detroit Free Press
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