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The Government of the Northwest Territories has entered into a Public Private Partnership (P3) with the Deh Cho Bridge Corporation to develop a bridge to span the Mackenzie River near Fort Providence. The bridge will replace the operations of the Merv Hardie Ferry and the Mackenzie River Ice Crossing currently at that location.

Construction on the Deh Cho Bridge, which is scheduled to open in November 2010, has now begun. The total construction cost of the Bridge is $160 million (in 2007 dollars) plus a $10 million pre-funded contingency.


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The bridge will be financed by the savings from the elimination of the ferry and ice bridge operation, an annual contribution from the Government of Northwest Territories, and a toll on commercial vehicles crossing the bridge. Passenger vehicles will not be charged a toll.

Information about the Deh Cho Bridge can be found in a number of documents, which follow:

Recent Documents
Concession Agreement and Schedules
News Release

Other Documents
Updated Cost Benefit Analysis (December 2007)
Brochure (June 2007)
PROLOG updated Commercial Vehicle Traffic Forecast (July 2006)
DM Presentation Public Hearing (October 21, 2004)
IBI Report Tolls Traffic Count (September 2004)
Nichols Benefit Cost Analysis Update (February 2003)
Nichols Aboriginal Impact Report (February 2003)
Memorandum of Intent (November 2002)
Fact Sheet (November 2002)
Nichols Benefit Cost Analysis (September 2002)
PROLOG Commercial Vehicle Traffic Forecast (September 2002)

Click here for a link to documents that are part of the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Review Board's public registry related to their review of the Deh Cho Bridge project.

        
Bridge prep work spring 2008       Causeway work June 16 08 

        
View from water June 16 2008      Construction June 16 08









       


Bridge construction July 15 2008


Crane work July 15 2008


Temporary bridge July 15 2008


Crane work June 30 2008


Temporary bridge June 30 2008

 
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