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With selection of a builder and the ribbon-cutting out of the way, final design work has kicked into gear for upcoming construction of the long-awaited Gordie Howe International Bridge.

Over the next year a wide variety of activities will be taking place on the $5.7-billion project, with $3.8 billion of that spending for the construction and the rest going towards operation and maintenance for 30 years after a projected in opening in the fall of 2024.

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A global consortium of companies under the banner Bridging North America is the contractor for the project led by Fluor Canada, ACS Infrastructure Canada and Aecon.

“Significant activity on both sides of the border will continue during 2019 on the Gordie Howe International Bridge project,” said Mark Butler, spokesman for the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority which is assigned to oversee construction on the project.

“Activities include advancing the design from 30 per cent to construction-ready design, utility surveys and relocations, site clearing and pre-construction activities.”