Here's a sneak peek behind the doors of P.E.I.'s new and improved Province House

Tomorrow is the day a lot of people have been waiting for. The day Province House officially reopens to the public. It has been under construction for 12 long years. There is a private event tonight to mark the occasion. And that's where we find Wayne Thibodeau. He's there tonight live. Wayne, what's going on? It's noisy there already. Yes, there's so much excitement here. We're already starting to see people funnel in. This really is the official ceremony. You can see behind me here the red ribbon well in between all the people. And look at this, Louise. This is it. This is the golden scissors that will be used in about 45 minutes' time to cut that red ribbon behind me. As you said, this is a project that's been going on for a long time, 12 years. Tonight, it's by invitation only. It's for dignitaries, so MLAs, the lieutenant governor, former speakers. I've run into a number of former MLAs here. And as I said, that ribbon cutting right here gets underway in about 45 minutes' time. then this building will be officially open yeah 12 long years it's it's incredible that this day is finally here and tomorrow of course the public will get to see what can they expect yeah this all begins for the public tomorrow there will actually be a parade as you mentioned from lower water street in downtown charlottetown coming up great george street to the front doors of province house a lot of people don't know the front doors of province house are actually the ones that face the water so that's where the parade will take place that gets underway at 9 30 then there will be official opening at 10 o'clock for the public then the building is wide open now earlier today i got a chance to talk to joey jeffrey he's the clerk of the legislative assembly and it's easy to say he's pretty excited by all this it was emotional honestly it was really um you know we've been we've been watching this project for the last 12 years and walking in when it really started to feel like it was very close to completion was was very moving it was a beautiful building and to see it kind of restored to its former grandeur was was very exciting and this was quite the project every single stone inside now was removed cleaned and either restored or refurbished, think of it as one of the biggest Lego projects in PEI history. Now there was also 101 windows 77 doors had to be replaced and restored carefully. Now we said many times before that they've kept one room in particular under wraps and that is the Legislative Assembly where the MLAs actually sit. That room will stay under the wraps until after the official opening at about seven o'clock tonight and as I said, this all comes with an incredible cost, about 12 years and 138 million dollars, but tonight for all that work, Louise. All right, thank you so much Wayne. That's Wayne Thibodeau reporting tonight live and on Monday I'll be down there doing parts of Compass live from Province House, we'll be joined by a couple of guests talking about what, how big this project really was. That's on Monday on Compass. Thanks, Wayne