RE:RE:RE:Up $0.23 The O&M - operations and maintenance - is about 7% on average of the value of an infrastructure asset. The asset cost here is about 6.5B so the annual O&M would theoretically equate to about 450m. Take 5% in net profit and you're talking 25m. Our cut is 5m.
Economically speaking, the bridge is a very poor investment for the federal government. It is like buying a building for 1M rented for 1,000$ net per month. But that is not Aecon's problem but the owner who I understand is the federal government so that makes it you, our distinguished Canadian posters and readers and myself.
This statement is based on an annual toll revenue for the concession of about 100m at best versus 450m needed.
12,000 trucks/day * 15 USD/truck * 1.35 $/USD = 243,000$ 8,000 other veh/day * 10 USD/OV * 1.35 $/USD = 108,000$
Assuming we get only 80% (very generous) and Ambassador keeps 20%, we have about 100m revenue per year.
Sure we can calculate savings in monetized reduced emissions and reduced and monetized accidents but this will never close the gap.
Source for traffic:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambassador_Bridge
Source for truck fare:
https://www.ambassadorbridge.com/commercial/commercial-toll-rates/
Source for cars, SUV,..
https://www.ambassadorbridge.com/auto-toll-rates/