CALAIS - A Massachusetts construction company has won a $48.3 million contract for a new border crossing in Calais.

The General Services Administration announced Thursday that J.J. Contractors Inc. of Lowell, Mass., will build the Land Port of Entry for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection.

Work is due to begin in February on the project, which will help reduce the strain two other border crossings between between Calais and St. Stephen, New Brunswick.

The goal is to divert commercial traffic to the new crossing, which will be better equipped for screening and inspecting trucks.