OTTAWA — The Federal Bridge Corporation Limited (FBCL) has announced the awarding of a $5-million contract to Bronte Construction to demolish the high-level North Channel Bridge in-water piers between the City of Cornwall and Cornwall Island.
It is anticipated the demolition of three in-water piers will be completed in 2020. For environmental reasons, including fish-spawning, river habitat and pollution control, the in-water piers cannot be completely removed, but will be reduced to a height of approximately two metres above water level, said the statement.
Bronte Construction has committed to having a minimum 15 per cent content of the overall value come from resources within the local Mohawk community, said the FBCL.
Micheline Dube, FBCL’s president and CEO, said in the statement, “FBCL has never wavered in its commitment to complete the demolition, but funding concerns identified early in the construction phases of the new bridge meant we had to fund the project out of internal funding sources.”
The FBCL owns, manages and operates international bridges and associated structures in Sault Ste. Marie, Point Edward, Lansdowne (Thousand Islands) and Cornwall, all in Ontario.
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