Like you, I am currently watching a lot of television in Quebec. Some topics of interest make us think about how projects should be managed.
That being said, we think that the capacity of taxpayers should always be respected. That will also apply to our business plan for the new bridge that will cross the St. Lawrence. We will see what the outcome will be. It is clear that we have to provide taxpayers with the highest possible value in return for the invested amounts. We announced the construction of the bridge with that in mind. We are talking about an investment of almost $5 billion. A toll is collected on the Detroit bridge, and the same will be the case in Montreal. As for traffic management in the greater Montreal area, the people who manage the Montreal region will eventually present us with some solutions, along with Quebec.
Regarding the infrastructure program, I call tell you that the provinces make sure that the envelopes allocated to them are fully invested. You can rest assured that, if a project does not proceed, the province will submit another project to ensure that their envelope is fully spent.
In Quebec—which I am using as an example because you and I both live there—some money remained in two envelopes out of the seven components of the Building Canada Fund. We are talking about major projects—over $15 million—and big cities of over 100,000 people. Projects submitted by municipalities that were not accepted and prioritized by Quebec—before we can have a say, Quebec must prioritize them—were resubmitted in other areas. Cost overruns are not covered. I am sure that, by the end of the fiscal year—March 31, 2014—all the money allocated to Quebec and other provinces will have been fully invested. The money stays in infrastructure programs.