Projects funded by the National Trade Corridors Fund

The project consists of the implementation of a traffic management and optimization system in the municipal road corridors bordering the Port of Montreal in order to improve the fluidity, reliability and safety of this arterial network, and to increase the efficiency and productivity of the logistics chain related to truck transportation to and from the Port.

The project will expand the airport's Apron 7 by 47,000m², install a new hydrant fueling system connected to Shell Aviation’s new cargo fuel farm and construct 1,400m² of cold storage and equipment in the international cargo area near Apron 7.

• Expand existing terminal capacity and rail footprint.

Increasing rail capacity, including:

• Extension of the rail jetty
• 2.5 km of rail tracks to increase railcar storage

Increasing rail access to auto terminals and off-dock facilities.

Improving of 3 independent areas of the Southern Railway rail network, including:

• 1.2 km of new rail track
• Re-aligning track configuration
• Upgrading existing rail sections

• Separating the road and railway crossing at 50 Street
• Widening 50 Street to 6 lanes between Sherwood Park Freeway and 90 Avenue

• Reconstruction of nearly 100 km of the North Klondike Highway, which connects Whitehorse to Dawson City
• Rehabilitation of the McCabe and Moose Creek Bridges, and reconstruction of the Crooked Creek Bridge

• Construction of a large loop track
• Construction of 32 parallel storage tracks within the loop track
• Construction of a connection to the CN Rock Yard rail spur

• a new segment of Airport Trail between 36 Street NE and 60 Street NE
• the first stage of interchanges along Airport Trail at 19 Street NE and Barlow Trail
• a new ramp at the interchange of Stoney Trail and Airport Trail

• Upgrading the Forty Mile Rail's transload facility at Foremost, AB
• Rehabilitating the Cardston Subdivision line.

• Planning, designing and building a vehicle processing centre
• Rehabilitating and improving the existing berth infrastructure

• a 600 metre, 2-lane elevated structure
• a 600-metre extension of the existing 2-lane Waterfront Road
• road infrastructure along Commissioner Street
• 5.3 km of new railway track along the Canadian Pacific Railway Cascade Subdivision

• Developing engineering designs for 2 grade separations:
  • the Canadian Pacific Railway Cascade Subdivision at Westwood Street
  • Kingsway Avenue in Coquitlam along the Canadian Pacific Railway Westminster Subdivision

• Developing engineering designs to:
  • separate the road and railway corridors by raising both Pitt River Road and Colony Farm Road to pass over the Canadian Pacific Railway
  • double-track a 5.2 km section of the Canadian Pacific Railway

• Lowering the northbound lane of Mountain Highway to give enough clearance for oversized cargo to pass under the existing Canadian National Railway structure
• Realigning a 250 meter section of Dominion Street
• Improving access and sidewalks

• a rail siding to support the Canadian Pacific Railway Vancouver Intermodal Facility
• a 4-lane road underpass crossing below the railway track
• a 2-lane road overpass crossing above the railway track

• Upgrading the Thornton Rail Tunnel
• Building a 5.5 km staging track
• Designing and rebuilding Douglas Road to pass over the railway

• Developing engineering designs to replace the single-line Zanardi Rail bridge
• Replacement could include up to 4 tracks and bridges

• Building a new rail link from Ashcroft Terminal to Canadian National Railway's main rail line
• Building an extra rail track and internal road network, including:
  • a 2-way road underpass
  • a multi-commodity transload and storage warehouse
  • utility enhancements

• Designing and building a 4.2 km siding and a retaining wall
• Making improvements to the signals system

• Site clearing and earthworks to expand the existing RRUC to provide room for six inbound tracks and five outbound tracks
• Providing additional rail capacity and separating rail traffic serving the bulk and container facilities on Ridley Island

• Providing additional rail capacity to the Port of Prince Rupert to accommodate future growth in import and export trade
• Reducing operational conflicts by allowing arriving /departing train movements and rail car switching activities at the marine terminals to occur simultaneously with less conflict

• Developing a series of operational planning and optimization tools to improve the fluidity, resiliency, and usage of the supply chain capacity across western Canada
• Developing a near real-time dashboard to measure end-to-end performance of the supply chain for all cargo moving through the Port of Vancouver and the Port of Prince Rupert

• Improving the fluidity and safety of road and rail traffic operations to support container, forest products, steel and logistics activities
• Enabling the development of new rail-serviced bulk export marine terminals over the longer-term

• Evaluating the viability of short sea shipping in Greater Vancouver
• Developing a concept of short sea shipping to a stage where a confident investment decision could be made by relevant parties
• Exploring opportunities to move marine containers by barge from VFPA container terminals to an off-dock location(s) on the Fraser River
• Exploring prospects of a break-bulk service with the Port of Nanaimo

• Consolidating two existing auto terminal operations within the Port of Vancouver into one
• Expanding and optimizing Annacis Auto Terminal (AAT) to handle both auto terminal operations
• Repurposing the Richmond Terminal (RT) to handle export trade related operations and development

• Expanding the existing wharf from 182m to 325m
• Installing a new wharf crane rail system in order to replace the existing crane with two 80-foot cranes
• Constructing a new covered warehouse for pulp and other forest products; a new administration and maintenance building; and a new truck gate
• Enlarging the storage area in the terminal upland areas
• Upgrading the drainage, sewers, electrical, water and security around the terminal

• Studying existing infrastructure
• Consulting with stakeholders
• Creating solutions to protect and sustain the Chignecto Isthmus Trade Corridor

• Upgrading pavement and lighting
• Installing runway safety end areas for the two runways
• Installing new centreline lighting on the primary runway

• Increasing cargo storage capacity at the Port of Belledune
• Relocating the tug wharf
• Infilling the water lot between the two terminals to eliminate the water gap
• Creating additional cargo storage capacity at the south end of Terminal 3

• Introducing new Global Navigation Satellite instrument approach procedures
• Improving the arrival/departure process for aircrafts by introducing vertically guided approach at eligible sites, allowing aircraft to land with lower cloud bases

• Constructing a new major interchange on Nova Scotia’s Highway 103
• Upgrading local roads and intersections in connection with the interchange

• Building a bridge over the Great Bear River
• Building an access road
• Conducting environmental and planning studies

• Building two additional wings to increase the capacity of the Rankin Inlet International Airport (from 1,000 sq. m to 4,300 sq. m)
• Improving the landside and airside infrastructure over a five-year period
• Expanding the terminal building to address infrastructure concerns, accommodate increased passenger volumes and the airline/airport support functions
• Renovating the terminal to improve service reliability and predictability

• Initiating the construction of the Grays Bay Road and Port Project, a 230 km all-season connecting road
• Performing an environmental assessment and geotechnical investigations
• Preparing the final design
• Securing all regulatory permits

• Developing software to compile environmental data and mariner knowledge relevant to the Government of Northwest Territories shipping operations
• Building on the platform to enable evidence-based risk assessments and infrastructure planning on historical, current and future climate trends

• Adding upgraded rail tracks and laydown areas for cargo staging and trans-shipment
• Building a 4,645 square meter multi-purpose heated facility

• Building a new wall for a dock at the port's busiest pier
• Upgrading the port's rail network to increase capacity and improve connectivity
• Improving the road and utilities for a new depot
• Building a new warehouse for multi-user storage

• Addressing the needed export capacity for Ontario agricultural products and the costly vessel wait-time bottleneck
• Improving the efficiency of the regional transportation system and food-processing supply chain

• Rebuilding:
  • Runway 03-21
  • associated taxiways Alpha, Bravo and Charlie
• Building runway end safety areas

• Optimizing the capacity of the Port of Montreal's rail network, particularly in the port's interchange area by:
  • Relocating underground and surface infrastructure;
  • Relocating/constructing the new port road;
  • Constructing new rail lines

• Extending De l’Assomption Boulevard between Notre-Dame Street and Pierre-de-Coubertin Avenue, making it possible to connect a new road at the port exit to the future extension of Souligny Avenue
• Creating a road link between the port and the Trans-Canada highway

• Upgrading the Pointe-aux-Basques terminal with the rehabilitation of the terminal
• Constructing a sheet pile wall along the entire length of the existing dock
• Upgrading the services in the transit of goods by extending the existing dock and improving the load-bearing capacity

• Renovation and extension of the main deck to a cargo deck
• Improving the road network in the region to facilitate access to the new loading bridge
• Constructing warehouses dedicated to air freight and logistics activities

• Building 11 sets of passing lanes and twinning for short sections of the corridor between Regina and the US border
• Rehabilitating 73 km of pavement
• Culvert replacement
• Managing access, widening, improving intersections and enhancing border crossing facilities at North Portal, Saskatchewan

• Constructing 3 loop tracks, along with associated grade work
• Constructing a repair shop at the North West Terminal

• Increasing its capacity to transport solid and liquid bulk goods and general cargo by 46%.
• Improving the fluidity of current traffic and eliminating bottlenecks.
• Development of a multimodal platform to efficiently move goods between road, rail and sea modes.

• Increasing capacity on the Class I mainline rail network and within Class I rail yards and terminals by building additional tracks to increase available rail car storage.
• Improving inbound/outbound exchange tracks serving both CN and CP and turnaround capability within the expanding facility.
• Addressing the existing shortage of rail yard facilities in the region and allow for greater coordination and scheduling of rail shipments along rail corridors.
• Providing a direct link to the CP line.

• Reconstruction of 110 km of highway between Carmacks and Stewart Crossing
• Nisutlin Bay Bridge replacement
• Implementation of innovative technologies such as an Intelligent Transportation System, electric vehicle charging stations and a weigh-in-motion system

• Building a new deep-water port in Qikiqtarjuaq to support the Davis Strait and Baffin Bay regions
• Includes necessary components to service the offshore fishing industry, by providing a more efficient and environmentally-sustainable option for offloading.

• Conducting technical feasibility studies for the relocation of the Nain Airport.

• Construction of a new bridge located on the Northwest Territories Highway 3 in order to ensure the reliability and safety of the route.

• Building shelters to house mobile equipment essential for maintenance operations.

• Constructing a 2 kilometer electric conveyor system to transport of bulk materials between the rail road and the Port to increase cargo handling capacity.

• Redevelopment of an existing building into an air cargo center at the Jean-Lesage Airport in order to increase capacity, including space for regional air carriers that transport good to remote areas.

• Preparation of an undeveloped 40-acre parcel land within the Fraser Richmond Industrial Lands for the handling and storage of empty containers.

• Development of a digital platform for sourcing and managing empty shipping containers in Metro Vancouver and potentially other Canadian cities.

• Development of a plan for capacity improvements along a segment of rail that links Canadian Pacific's intermodal and rail yards in Metro Vancouver with grain and container terminals in the Port of Vancouver's South Shore Trade Area.

• Development and implementation of technology for the management of containers flagged for inspection.

• Support ongoing work of the Gateway Transportation Collaboration Forum Secretariat, which brings together a number of governmental and private organizations to identify gateway infrastructure priorities in Metro Vancouver.

• Technology and infrastructure improvements at four major hub airports (Montreal, Toronto Pearson, Calgary and Vancouver) such as the implementation of digital twin architecture, enhanced navigation network based operations center (NOC), enhanced weather prediction and monitoring systems, and implementation of ground based Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast technology for enhanced aircraft monitoring.

• Technology to support Canadian airspace navigation services through the implementation of Trajectory Based Operations practices and improved Instrument Flight Procedures services.
• Implementation of  Remotely Piloted Aircraft System Traffic Management services to monitor and control drone operations in Canada's airspace.

• Building a new Marine Container Examination Facility within the Port of Halifax, including installation of integrated container tracking system, and construction of access roadways.

• Upgrades to New Brunswick Southern Railway rail line, bridges, main line turnouts, installing rail ties at the Saint John and McAdam Terminals.

• Increasing the cargo laydown capacity of the West Side Terminal at the Port of Saint John, enhancing the crane capabilities of the terminal, and adding Roll-On/Roll-Off capabilities.

• Applying new, modern technologies to Canada’s air traffic network.

• Construction of buildings, marine infrastructure, storage, terminal upgrades, roads, paving and utilities.

• Construction of a transload warehouse

• Stabilize 56 km's of rail bed along the Big Sky Rail and Last Mountain Railway lines.
• Construction two grain transloading facilities and storage along the rail line in Elrose and Girvin, Saskatchewan.

• Construct a new pre-interchange rail yard that consist of three switching and staging tracks at Valor, a previous rail station site 5 miles west of the CP Rail Interchange at Assiniboia, Saskatchewan.

• Rail construction that will allow traffic to move more efficiently from Stewart Southern Railway  to Canadian Pacific Railway, bypassing the Regina Rail yard.

• The preliminary design, stakeholder engagement, environmental review of the Regina Rail Relocation Initiative, which will relocate sections of track owned by CP and CN.

• A study to assess the current and future conditions of permafrost along the Hudson Bay Railway corridor, and identify potential mitigation strategies and tools related to common permafrost hazards (e.g. flooding, thaw settlement, embankment stability, etc.).

• Converting 2,000 acres of land into a new global cargo handling operation located at the Edmonton International Airport which includes airside and groundside projects initiatives as well as installing utility infrastructure.

• Updating current infrastructure and purchasing new equipment at a grain terminal located at the Port of Montreal to increase capacity and diversify services.

• Conducting a pre-feasibility study for the construction of a road connecting the existing Trans-Labrador Highway and northern Labrador.

• Building a new transload facility for the handling of steel products adjacent to the marine terminal.

• Building a new berth to export a variety of liquid and dry bulk products that is intended to be mostly green energy and other clean commodities.

• Rehabilitating 288 km of railway line to improve the useful service life of the track and to support the sustainable operations of Huron Central Railway as a viable freight service between Sault St. Marie and Sudbury, Ontario.

• Reconstructing and rehabilitating 3 wharves located at the southwestern extremity of the Welland Canal in Port Colbourne, Ontario.

• Creating a fixed electric conveyor loop linking the existing deep-water Terminal 2 through conveyors to a laydown area at the Port of Belledune.

• Repurposing and reconfiguring the existing examination facility at the Port Saint John (PSJ) to provide additional space for CBSA to carry out its inspection activities for cargo arriving at the Port.

• Rehabilitating the Saint John Harbour Bridge in New Brunswick.

• Constructing an advanced live seafood storage facility with an estimated capacity of up to 75 tonnes at the Gander International Airport in Newfoundland and Labrador.

• Monitoring, simulation activities, forecasting and structural mitigation to better understand and reduce the risk of impacts from permafrost and hydrology-related geohazards.

• Investigating the feasibility of expanding container handling capacity at the Duke Point Terminal, the development of trade-supporting lands in proximity to the Port, and enhanced short-sea shipping services between Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainla

• Building a rail park at CentrePort Canada.

• Expanding rail capacity through the purchase of equipment, including a three-track rail spur; new container lifts; railcar pushers; conveyor belt systems; and bagging equipment.