Blair Lekstrom announced that construction was expected to begin in mid-2012, soon after a winning bid for construction had been chosen from three shortlisted builders. On January 25, 2012, the provincial government announced that pre-construction work would proceed on the line. In May 2012, preliminary construction began, including the removal of some buildings and the construction of underground utility tunnels in certain areas of Port Moody and Coquitlam. At the same time, the province also awarded contracts to widen sections of North Road that were to be affected by construction of the line in the middle of the year. On July 19, 2012, the Government of Canada, the City of Coquitlam, and Coquitlam Centre Mall reached an agreement to add Lincoln station to the Evergreen Line project with the federal government contributing $7 million to the public–private partnership that built the station. On October 4, 2012, SNC-Lavalin was chosen as the primary contractor to construct the Evergreen Line. On December 3, 2012, the provincial government and TransLink signed a contract with Bombardier Transportation to supply 28 SkyTrain cars. On December 8, 2012, the final early works contract for the Evergreen Line was awarded and was to be completed by March 2013. The statement also promised that the project was still on track for completion in 2016. On February 5, 2013, Thales Canada announced that it had been awarded a contract by Partnerships BC to install the company's SelTrac communications-based train control (CBTC). On March 23, 2013, the final names of the Evergreen Line stations were announced. It was also announced that construction of the Evergreen Line guideway would start in the Burquitlam area of Coquitlam in mid-2013 and continue south to Lougheed Town Centre station. The stations were to be built in the following order: Inlet Centre station, including utility work; Moody Centre station, including utility work and relocation of the railway in the area; Lincoln station, Burquitlam station, and Lougheed Town Centre station (beginning in mid-2013); and Coquitlam Central station and Lafarge Lake–Douglas station (beginning in late 2013). In October 2014, the elevated guideway section between Lougheed Town Centre station to the South Tunnel Portal was completed. The launching truss was transported to Coquitlam Central station, where crews continued to build the elevated guideway north to Lafarge Lake–Douglas station. On February 13, 2015, the provincial government announced that the opening of the line would be delayed until late 2016,