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Alberta’s NDP government is committing to complete Calgary’s ring road.

Premier Rachel Notley and Transportation Minister Brian Mason will announce that the province is going ahead with construction of the west — and final — leg of the ring road in Calgary at an event on Thursday with Mayor Naheed Nenshi, according to a source.

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“This is obviously hugely anticipated because it will finish the ring road,” said the source.

The west leg of the ring road is a nine-kilometre stretch connecting Highway 8 and the Trans-Canada Highway. The specific funding commitment will not be unveiled Thursday because there will be a competitive tendering process, but the government hopes to begin construction next year.

In 2015, the then-Progressive Conservative government deferred work on the west leg of the ring road out of budget consideration, saying at the time it would save $1.5 billion. Work had been originally slated to start in 2017 and finish in 2021, but the start date was pushed back to 2021 with completion anticipated in 2024 or 2025.