Next year will see construction on a new transportation link at Miramichi’s southwestern edge continuing.
The provincial 2021-22 capital budget includes about $15 million for work on Phase 1 of the Anderson Bridge replacement project.
Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DTI) spokeswoman Jennifer Boudreau tells the Leader …. work on the north and south abutments that started this year is expected to resume in May and be wrapped up in June.
The initial work on the six-span bridge, crossing the Northwest Miramichi River, was included in DTI’s 2020 capital budget.
The substructure began to take shape earlier this year.
The existing Anderson Bridge will remain open until the new bridge is completed and will then be demolished, although there have been calls in recent years to keep it for off-road vehicle access to Miramichi from the surrounding region.