While these statements are all true, it has
to be the massive Public Private Partner-
ship between the Government of Canada
and the Signature on the Saint-Lawrence
(SSL) consortium and the immense plan-
ning that has gone into the project that
makes it most notable.
TIME FOR ACTION
In 2011, murmurs about concerns about
the original Champlain Bridge’s condition
rose to a roar. Constructed in 1961, the
bridge wasn’t built to accommodate the
40 to 60 million vehicles the bridge sees
today. Ottawa took a long, cold look at
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