The federal government finally reached an agreement with the Canadian National (CN) railway company to buy the Quebec Bridge.
“After a lot of hard work, the Canadian government has indeed reached a historic agreement with CN for the purchase of the Quebec Bridge,” confirms the office of the Minister of Public Services and Procurement, Jean-Yves Duclos, Thursday morning.
The elected representative of the Quebec constituency has yet to make the official announcement, and specify the amounts involved. “This is excellent news for the people of Quebec,” concludes the declaration sent to the Duty.
The federal government and the CN had been in negotiations for several years regarding the acquisition of the metal structure spanning the St. Lawrence River inaugurated in 1919, but whose condition was deteriorating, particularly its painting.
Justin Trudeau’s government notably hired a negotiator in 2019. Ottawa and the CN did not agree on who should pay the bill for its restoration, estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars.
The Quebec Bridge is the longest Cantilever bridge in the world and was designated a “national historic site” of Canada in 1995.
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