The ambitious project to complete the four-lane Trans-Canada Highway in New Brunswick will result in several benefits. It will facilitate, not only the movement of people, but also the movement of the goods that travel this highway of vital importance to the New Brunswick economy.
A comprehensive provincial highway system is essential for our economy and will make our province a leader in economic development.
The section between Pokiok and Longs Creek is being built using the traditional method of calling tenders. The section between Grand Falls and Woodstock is being designed, built, and financed by the Brun-Way Group. Thirteen of the 15 companies making up Brun-Way Group are New Brunswick firms.
Brun-Way Group will also be responsible of the selected upgrades of 128 kilometres of existing four-lane highway, as well as the operation, maintenance and rehabilitation of 275 kilometres of highway between the Québec border and Longs Creek, and Route 95 between Woodstock and the U.S. border, until 2033.
The completion of the four-lane Trans-Canada Highway is being jointly funded by a $400-million cost-shared agreement between the governments of New Brunswick and Canada through the Canada-New Brunswick Agreement for the Completion of the Twinning of the Trans-Canada Highway in New Brunswick. Federal funds for the project derive from the $2-billion Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund.
