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Originally Posted by Tower Crane
I have watched this discussion unfold for the past 40 years in Winnipeg and regardless of the Centre port proposal it's just not going to happen. ( Churchill will not be the port Prince Rupert is now with year round shipping ). Although I am a Winnipegger at heart and would love to see Centreport become a reality I believe that the Edmonton Inland Port will actual get built.
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I don't see these Edmonton advantages, particularly the alleged advantages relating to the distance of the airport from the city and the availability of land. Winnipeg's airport can operate 24 hours and the inland port would have to be spectacularly successful before land availability became a problem. As for distance, at least as the crow flies Winnipeg is far closer to most U.S. destinations than Edmonton is. Even if we restrict ourselves to the western half of the U.S., Winnipeg is 400 km closer to Denver and 800 km closer to Houston. Edmonton is 250 km closer to L.A.