Edmonton's long-delayed $155-million Walterdale Bridge, replacing a 103-year-old span over the North Saskatchewan River, is scheduled to open by the end of September after a two-year-plus delay that is expected to trigger millions of dollars in penalties for a joint venture formed by Spanish conglomerate Acciona and Canadian infrastructure builder Pacer Corp.
The opening of the 206-m-long span will come as a major relief to the Acciona-Pacer Joint Venture (APJV), which is being assessed $17,000 a day in penalties under its contract with the city, according to Kelly FitzGibbon, a spokeswoman for the city's infrastructure department.