Montreal Span's Sprint

摘要

Canada's new infrastructure czar is facing one of his first major challenges as he seeks ways to avoid costly delays on the $3.1-billion Cham-plain Bridge replacement project in Montreal that is pushing to meet a Dec. 21 completion deadline. A recent report by Canada's Auditor General said the Signature on the Saint Lawrence consortium, led by SNC-Lavalin Group, Spain-based ACS and Germany's Hochtief, will likely miss the date, opening it up to fines of up to $300,000 a day and as much as $27 million over the first three months. But team compensation issues also are unsettled, after the new Liberal government in 2015 canceled bridge tolls.