Global Transportation Hub (Regina) - Page 6

MooseJets · #**101** Posted **Feb 11, 2010, 10:27 AM**

Isnt the hub going to be in Winnipeg?

djforsberg · #**102** Posted **Feb 11, 2010, 2:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by MooseJets

Isnt the hub going to be in Winnipeg?

I doubt Saskatchewan would be investing millions to build a hub in Manitoba. Sarcasm aside, you guys might also have/get a hub too but this thread isn't about Winnipeg. Did you not see Regina in the title? If you want more information about the Regina GTH look through the past posts and you'll have your question answered.

RTD · #**103** Posted **Feb 11, 2010, 4:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by djforsberg

I doubt Saskatchewan would be investing millions to build a hub in Manitoba. Sarcasm aside, you guys might also have/get a hub too but this thread isn't about Winnipeg. Did you not see Regina in the title? If you want more information about the Regina GTH look through the past posts and you'll have your question answered.

Easy there, bud. Maybe he just didn't fully read the title. There are like 4 of these hubs going up across western Canada supposedly. So before you bite his head off, take the time to realize that people make mistakes.

djforsberg · #**104** Posted **Feb 11, 2010, 5:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by RTD

Easy there, bud. Maybe he just didn't fully read the title. There are like 4 of these hubs going up across western Canada supposedly. So before you bite his head off, take the time to realize that people make mistakes.

Hey, you can never be so sure. People in other cities (Saskatoon, ahem) like to hijack Regina threads, and I'm sure its the same the other way around. Sorry if I offended anyone.

Stormer · #**105** Posted **Feb 11, 2010, 6:11 PM**

It will be interesting to see how this all shakes out. CN is committed to a major new intermodal facility in Calgary. CP is committed to a major new intermodal facility at the GTH. Winnipeg is high on their Centreport project although I am not aware of what commitments they have.

newflyer · #**106** Posted **Feb 12, 2010, 7:33 AM**

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Originally Posted by Stormer

It will be interesting to see how this all shakes out. CN is committed to a major new intermodal facility in Calgary. CP is committed to a major new intermodal facility at the GTH. Winnipeg is high on their Centreport project although I am not aware of what commitments they have.

Winnipeg currently has 2 large intermodal facilities, one with CN and one with CP. Centreport is in discussions with BN to build a third.

The fact that the Calgary area doesn't have a single intermodal facility at this point it makes is very long overdue.

This doesn't really alter much in terms of the role of Centreport. Winnipeg is still the major rail, truck and air cargo hub of western Canada and the development of Centreport will only expand its capacity.

As far as commitments being made to Centreport we could start off with the half billion dollar enhancement of the airport infractructure. A couple hundred million dollars commitment towards new road infrastructure linking Centreport within the city and enhancements to routes linking Centreport to both the US Interstate Highway System and the TransCanada.

The difference between Winnipeg the other "hubs" is Winnipeg not trying to build something new from scratch. Winnipeg IS already a major hub and is expanding its actual transportation capacity through very large infrastructure investments and the development of a large FTZ, as part of the massive Centreport to better serve international trade. From what I can tell, it is really not even close to what Regina or Edmonton are talking about building.

With that said I think it is great that Canada is finally getting its infrastructure up to par from coast to coast as a means of making international trade more efficient.

rypinion · #**107** Posted **Feb 12, 2010, 7:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by newflyer

Winnipeg currently has 2 large intermodal facilities, one with CN and one with CP. Centreport is in discussions with BN to build a third.

Are you sure? This article came out shortly after those BN rumours:

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/bus...-80494802.html

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But the fact that BNSF is present at the other inland ports down the mid-continent corridor -- in Chicago, Kansas City and Fort Worth -- may make Winnipeg a potential future development site for it.

"It would be extremely premature to say were are in talks with them about building that," Gray said.

"What we are talking with them about is to let them know what we are developing in Winnipeg. We're reaching out to them to say, well, is there a way to be engaged in a more substantive way."

For instance BNSF does not have an intermodal facility here but, she said, it also probably does not carry enough freight in Winnipeg to warrant one, either.

Stormer · #**108** Posted **Feb 12, 2010, 7:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by rypinion

Are you sure? This article came out shortly after those BN rumours:

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/bus...-80494802.html

I thought Winnipeg was the northern end of BNSF's North American Network. Perhaps it is not an ideal location for a huge intermodal, unless they think trucks will deliver to them to get their product to the US rather than trucking directly or using CN or CP.

bunyip · #**109** Posted **Feb 12, 2010, 8:17 PM**

Newflyer: Maybe you should get your facts straight before continually giving out misleading info about your adopted home. CP has had an intermodal facility in Calgary for a while now.

timewilltell · #**110** Posted **Feb 12, 2010, 11:21 PM**

it will be interesting who sets up shop next in the gth

Stormer · #**111** Posted **Feb 16, 2010, 7:39 PM**

Regina-area farmer upset about expropriation [for Loblaw distribution centre]

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewa...tion-1002.html

djforsberg · #**112** Posted **Feb 16, 2010, 8:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by Stormer

Regina-area farmer upset about expropriation [for Loblaw distribution centre]

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewa...tion-1002.html

Meh. So Loblaws was the first company to purchase the land at the Global Transportation Hub. If it was a local company I'm sure they would still be complaining. When you have land close to a growing city there is always these kind of risks. They should take the money they got for their property, understand the many local benefits that will result and move on.

socialisthorde · #**113** Posted **Feb 16, 2010, 8:06 PM**

[QUOTE=djforsberg;4694119]...People in other cities (Saskatoon, ahem) like to hijack Regina threads... QUOTE]

Done.

cutterp · #**114** Posted **Feb 17, 2010, 3:14 AM**

timewilltell · #**115** Posted **Feb 17, 2010, 4:12 AM**

thankyou for the photos , what are all those cranes for , i wonder if if they are for a rail car lift

babo · #**116** Posted **Feb 17, 2010, 1:42 PM**

^ Cranes?

newflyer · #**117** Posted **Feb 17, 2010, 2:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by bunyip

Newflyer: Maybe you should get your facts straight before continually giving out misleading info about your adopted home. CP has had an intermodal facility in Calgary for a while now.

I am aware that Calgary has a liquid transloading facility. It does not have significant dry-good or container capacity.

CP is planning on building a full cargo multimodal facility outside of Calgary.

newflyer · #**118** Posted **Feb 17, 2010, 2:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by timewilltell

thankyou for the photos , what are all those cranes for , i wonder if if they are for a rail car lift

I believe those are pile drivers.

cutterp · #**119** Posted **Feb 17, 2010, 2:28 PM**

They looked like they were set up for drilling out holes for pilings.

timewilltell · #**120** Posted **Feb 17, 2010, 3:40 PM**

they might be for the new cp building