Analysis of a project to build a new bridge for Île d’Orléans

The unveiling of the cost of building a new Île d’Orléans’s bridge was surprising. This project will cost 2,759 billion of dollars $ and will be entirely funded by the Quebec government. These include a 1,856 billion $ dollars design-build contract. They also include fees for planning and monitoring the project. Additionally, there is a provision for risks, overheads, and financing. Everything will be assumed by the Quebec Ministry of Transport, that is to say, the Government of Quebec. Those estimates also include a whole series of related activities. in particular building road access and demolishing the current bridge. 1 When the project timelines were announced in October 2020, the CAQ Minister of Transport, Mr. François Bonnardel, didn’t want to reveal the cost estimates. He only said that they would be several hundred million dollars. 2 As a result, today, nobody can explain why it is so expansive. Furthermore, the contract for its…