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Minister of Transport Marc Garneau announced $55.8 million in funding for the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority.
The funds will support four infrastructure projects, which are expected to create 550 jobs during construction.
Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam MP Ron McKinnon says he's pleased to see the projects going ahead. "This investment will also have a real impact for those who live and commute in the Tri-Cities area as they will be tangible improvements in traffic flow and congestion.”
The four projects include:
- Adding almost 5 km of track at the Canadian Pacific Facility and reconstruction work on Harris Road to provide four lanes that will travel beneath the existing Canadian Pacific railway. A new two-lane overpass will be built to replace the crossing at Kennedy Road in Pitt Meadows.
- Upgrading the Westwood Street and Kingsway Avenue intersections at the railway corridor to separate road traffic from rail traffic on the municipal boundary between the Cities of Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam.
- Design work to raise Pitt River Road and Colony Farm Road to create overpasses of the existing rail corridor (and Lougheed Road) that will allow for a new 5 km-long section of track that will pass beneath these two crossings permitting trains to travel in both directions along the Canadian Pacific in the City of Coquitlam.
- Improvements at the existing Canadian Pacific railway overpass at Mountain Highway that include lowering the roadway to provide additional clearance for oversized cargo travelling under the railway bridge in North Vancouver.
$55.8M investment announced by @MarcGarneau @Transport_gc for key infrastructure projects at the Port of Vancouver will help local businesses move goods to market, improve road and rail safety, ease congestion, lower emissions, and support reduced noise: https://t.co/uwa8WKWq7T pic.twitter.com/sdDwEwvJmX
— Port of Vancouver (@PortVancouver) May 17, 2018
Garneau says the government is investing in Canada’s economy by making improvements to our trade and transportation corridors. "We are supporting projects that will efficiently move commercial goods to market and people to their destinations, stimulate economic growth, create quality middle-class jobs, and ensure that Canada’s transportation networks remain competitive and efficient."
