Construction on Premier Doug Ford’s marquee Highway 413 will kick off in the coming months, the government said, even as the overall costs and completion date for the project remains a tightly guarded secret at Queen’s Park.

The Ford government announced two construction contracts — to upgrade Highway 10 in Caledon and the 401/407 interchange in Mississauga — have been awarded, paving the way for the premier’s long-promised 52-kilometre highway connecting drivers from Milton and Halton to Vaughan.

When pressed for construction timelines and overall cost estimates for the highway project, however, the government offered few details.

“What I have been told, this is going to start in the next few days. And the other the other interchange is going to start in the next couple of weeks,”

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