MONTREAL — The federal transport minister is offering reassurances a new Montreal bridge is safe despite reports some 2,000 defects have been found in parts manufactured by a Spanish company. Garneau said the $4.2-billion bridge will be built within costs and on schedule for next December. The new structure, which spans the St. Lawrence River, is being built by the federal government to replace the crumbling Champlain Bridge. A report in Le Journal de Montreal today lists a number of defects: porous steel plates; incomplete or non-existent soldering; defective bolts; as well as several holes poorly aligned in parts that have to be bolted together. The new bridge is built by the “Signature on the Saint Lawrence” group, a consortium led by engineering and construction firm SNC-Lavalin.

Source: National Post December 04, 2017 19:47 UTC