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- The opening of the United States Canada Gordie Howe International Bridge could be delayed Until 2026, according to the S&P Global Ratings analysis recently obtained by the Windsor star. The extension between Windsor, Ontario and Detroit has experienced cuts to complete the entrance ports on both sides of the border, according to the report.
- Although the $ 4.7 billion extension was before the plan was published on April 28, the contractor had lost two deadlines to deliver the Canadian port of entry to the Canada Border Services Agency and had not yet done so from April, the star on July 25.
- “It’s too early to offer a specific opening date for the Gordie Howe International Bridge,” he told the spokeswoman for the Windsor-Detroit Administration Bridge Authority, Heather Grondin, told Construction Dive in an email, although he said that the work was moving towards a planned end this fall.
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The lack of workers may have contributed to delays, the Windsor Star reported, and the S&P report says: “The construction contractor and its subcontractor faced a large number of specialized labor for the construction of a large car battery manufacturing plant in the same region.”
In June, the Began to remove cranes from the tower From the workplace, according to the project’s website, to indicate that the construction of the longest cable bridge in North America is almost complete. It was originally assumed that the work was wrapped in late 2024, but the Covid-19 pandemic caused delays and will now open in the fall of this year.
“The work is moving well towards our completion in the fall of 2025. We have a dear two percent of construction works. As the case has always been, our priorities have been the safety of our workers and the quality of our infrastructure and we will not commit any,” said Grondin.
The project’s building team is pending North America, a consortium formed by ACS Infrastructure Canada, Fluor Canada and Aecon Concessions. Canada funds the entire project and will collect all tolls until it is paid, after which toll revenue will be divided with the four main components of the United States that make up the project:
- Gordie Howe International Bridge.
- United States Port of Entrance.
- Port of entrance to Canada.
- The exchange of Michigan, a section of 1.8 miles from the I-75 and the local roads in the surrounding area.
However, the S&P report states that the opening calendar could be extended up to six months if no customs facilities were delivered to the Canada Border Services Agency and the protection of customs and the protection of borders in the United States until May 2025, according to the star. Canada requires possession of the building nine months before the bridge was opened to complete its part of the work and the CBP needs six months.
Canada’s border agency told CBS News that it will be Ready to provide services On the opening date, but CBP did not respond to his queries. Grodin said that the work of landscaping, paving and fencing are ongoing, as well as interior work such as the socket and soil, but did not comment on possible delays.
“Because this is an international step with security implications for both Canada and the United States, we cannot comment on certain aspects of the border agency operations in the entrance ports of the United States and Canadians,” according to Grondin.
The star also reported that S&P indicated problems with the Siphons system in the project’s exchange part of the project, but the Windsor-Detroit Bridge authority said that the work is almost complete.
“At the exchange of Michigan, the final steps are being carried out through North America for ramps that will connect the I-75 to the United States port of entry with paint and online signaling facilities,” said Grondin. “The work also continues in the five new pedestrian bridges, local road improvements and siphon construction.”
In addition, work has begun on technological systems and processes to ensure that they are all connected to each other, said Grondin.
“We need to ensure that when someone goes to the toll booth, their RFID tag is instantly read and that this information goes from the camera to the toll operation center without any problems,” said Grondin.
This is not the first time S&P has warned of a project delay. In 2022, S&P published a report saying the Opening of the bridge is likely to push Back in August 2025, an eight-month delay after the original final period of 2024. At that time, most of the problems that caused delays in the project were next to Detroit, near the newly created exchange with the I-75, said S&P.
