CentrePort Canada | Winnipeg - Page 11

newflyer · #**201** Posted **Apr 14, 2009, 1:54 AM**

Yeah this is going to be a massive project over the next decade. This is only the tip of the iceburg. I can only imagine the economy spinoffs centreport will generate.

jmt18325 · #**202** Posted **Apr 14, 2009, 2:04 AM**

This will be one of the biggest (if not the biggest) things that has ever happened to Winnipeg.

newflyer · #**203** Posted **Apr 14, 2009, 2:31 AM**

I agree completely. Its funny how IKEA gets a ton of press, while this project goes by with little attention. I am sure that will change in the not to distant future, as development starts to ramp up this summer.

jmt18325 · #**204** Posted **Apr 14, 2009, 2:53 AM**

I can't wait to see the beginning of construction...hopefully, when I finish my current program at RRC, I'll be part of it.

newflyer · #**205** Posted **Apr 14, 2009, 3:19 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmt18325

I can't wait to see the beginning of construction...hopefully, when I finish my current program at RRC, I'll be part of it.

Really... what are you taking at RRC?

The Jabroni · #**206** Posted **Apr 14, 2009, 3:27 AM**

This question might be more related to the airport, but with CentrePort on the way, will they build a second runway at the airport, and if so, where on the field, and how will it be aligned?

jmt18325 · #**207** Posted **Apr 14, 2009, 3:27 AM**

Occupational Health and Safety...I hope to eventually work for the province, but construction isn't out of the question....I guess I'll be the one slowing everything down

.

newflyer · #**208** Posted **Apr 14, 2009, 3:29 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmt18325

Occupational Health and Safety...I hope to eventually work for the province, but construction isn't out of the question....I guess I'll be the one slowing everything down

.

LOL .... oh you'll be that guy.

jmt18325 · #**209** Posted **Apr 14, 2009, 3:32 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by newflyer

LOL .... oh you'll be that guy.

LOL, that's why I want to work for the province...then I can be that guy with a fine book

....seriously though, Manitoba has too many injuries...and I love progress...I just want it to be safe progress.

newflyer · #**210** Posted **Apr 14, 2009, 3:37 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmt18325

LOL, that's why I want to work for the province...then I can be that guy with a fine book

....seriously though, Manitoba has too many injuries...and I love progress...I just want it to be safe progress.

HEY BUDDY .. WHERE IS YOUR HARDHAT??? Don't you know about the harmful rays of the SUN??!!!

j/k

jmt18325 · #**211** Posted **Apr 14, 2009, 3:49 AM**

lol Seriously though, this project is exciting...even if it will make the drive to my parents house longer. I can't wait.

1ajs · #**212** Posted **Apr 14, 2009, 4:07 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmt18325

LOL, that's why I want to work for the province...then I can be that guy with a fine book

....seriously though, Manitoba has too many injuries...and I love progress...I just want it to be safe progress.

don;t go about it in the way that its the law blah blah thats not how safty should be treated. its your finger its your livlyhood work safe or u could be 6feet under or armles and unable to work thats how it should be... thats based on my observations........ also alot of the paperwork it has created is a waste in alot of ways.....

1ajs · #**213** Posted **Apr 14, 2009, 4:16 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by newflyer

HEY BUDDY .. WHERE IS YOUR HARDHAT??? Don't you know about the harmful rays of the SUN??!!!

j/k

its sad when a provincial safty inspector does a site orentation then goes onto the site right after it with out the safty equitment then complains when all the sudenly hes being escorted off site riten up and banned from the site

Biff · #**214** Posted **Apr 14, 2009, 4:38 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Jabroni

This question might be more related to the airport, but with CentrePort on the way, will they build a second runway at the airport, and if so, where on the field, and how will it be aligned?

If i remember right, the idea is to have a parallel runway to the longest north south runway. They have saved land for it to the west. It would make sense to use it for the container traffic as you could build an apron connecting it to the CenterPort facilities to the west.

ILYR · #**215** Posted **Apr 14, 2009, 4:58 PM**

Does anyone have an image showing the actual land that will become part of centre port. I know that it is in the northwest area of the airport, but more specific. The location would ultimately affect the location of a possible parallel runway.

Biff · #**216** Posted **Apr 14, 2009, 7:47 PM**

Manitoba News Release
............................................................
April 14, 2009

GOVERNMENTS MAKE MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS IN INLAND PORT

The governments of Canada and Manitoba today committed more than $212 million to build CentrePort Canada Way. This priority infrastructure project will be fast-tracked to support the development of CentrePort Canada, Manitoba's 20,000-acre inland port.

Premier Gary Doer made the announcement today with Prime Minister Stephen Harper at an event at the Winnipeg Airports Authority.

"I would like to thank the prime minister for his support and the business community for their vision - one that we all share and agree is important to continuing to build our province for the future," Doer said.

"These improvements will help ensure further private sector investment in CentrePort Canada by enhancing access to the site, which is already a desirable location for warehousing, distribution and other industrial activity that depends on convenient and efficient access to transportation services including air, road and rail."

The funding will develop CentrePort Canada Way, a four-lane divided expressway linking the inland port to the Perimeter Highway. The high-speed corridor will connect Inkster Boulevard (PR 221), the James A. Richardson International Airport and the CP Weston rail intermodal facility to the Perimeter Highway near Saskatchewan Avenue.

CentrePort Canada is a co-operative effort of the Province of Manitoba and the federal government together with the City of Winnipeg, RM of Rosser, business and labour. It builds on Manitoba's strategic location in the heart of North America and is expected to serve as an international transportation, trade, manufacturing, distribution, warehousing and logistics centre, the premier said.

The $212.5-million expressway is being funded jointly by the provincial and federal governments, with the federal share coming from the Provincial Territorial Base Funding Agreement ($68.35 million) and the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative ($33.25 million). Manitoba will match the federal funds and contribute an additional $9.2 million for land acquisition.

CentrePort Canada is a private sector-led corporation, created by provincial legislation last fall, to develop and promote the inland port and build on Manitoba's well-established infrastructure network of air, rail, trucking and sea routes. CentrePort Canada's 15-member board is led by Kerry Hawkins as chair and Art Mauro as vice-chair.

"CentrePort Canada Way is critical to the development of our inland port," Mauro said. "It will provide an efficient and unimpeded link to the Perimeter Highway for the inland port area and its major assets including the James A. Richardson International Airport and intermodal rail facilities."

The governments of Manitoba and Canada have supported CentrePort Canada through a variety of recent joint-funding initiatives including $85 million to upgrade PTH 75, Manitoba's key trade route to the U.S., and $48 million for upgrades to the Hudson Bay rail line and the port of Churchill.

The province also introduced legislation to allow tax increment financing to support development in the inland port area and Budget 2009 expanded the fuel tax exemption for international cargo flights to include direct and indirect flights to the U.S.

Pootkao · #**217** Posted **Apr 14, 2009, 9:18 PM**

Wow, this thread got silly fast.

My question:
Will CentrePort be a moot point when China's bubble-economy bursts in 10 years?

(Don't kid yourself into thinking their growth is going to last forever. The question to ask is what will happen and how can you make money when the bubble bursts.)

My other question:
How long is the vision for this project? I like it in theory (a lot, actually), especially with the growth of Mexico, but what if Mexico were to just build its own ports in 15 years?

I'll echo Vike's concerns from page 1. Not sure how this project works out long term. 10 years of awesomeness and then another city does it better and we're left with what? What is the long-term vision?

jmt18325 · #**218** Posted **Apr 14, 2009, 10:05 PM**

The long term vision is to build a better city. Being positive certainly isn't going to hurt anything.

1ajs · #**219** Posted **Apr 14, 2009, 11:59 PM**

this inland port is part of a major plan that covers mexico usa and canada

Spocket · #**220** Posted **Apr 15, 2009, 1:29 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pootkao

Wow, this thread got silly fast.

My question:
Will CentrePort be a moot point when China's bubble-economy bursts in 10 years?

(Don't kid yourself into thinking their growth is going to last forever. The question to ask is what will happen and how can you make money when the bubble bursts.)

My other question:
How long is the vision for this project? I like it in theory (a lot, actually), especially with the growth of Mexico, but what if Mexico were to just build its own ports in 15 years?

I'll echo Vike's concerns from page 1. Not sure how this project works out long term. 10 years of awesomeness and then another city does it better and we're left with what? What is the long-term vision?

The law of diminishing returns suggests that China will slow down in terms of economic growth as a percentage year to year. That doesn't really mean there's much chance of volume of trade or actual dollar figures getting lower. China is only at the beginning and when it finally catches up there should be no doubt that it will be the world's economic powerhouse. In macro-economic terms , there's nothing close to a bubble going on in China.

As for Mexico , it has plenty of ports already but even if it were to choose a city for it's own inland port along the corridor then it would obviously serve as the southern terminus while we serve as the northern one. There's no competition in that respect. In fact, with any luck , that's exactly what's going on in Mexico.

A crowd attracts a crowd so the more successful this idea is all along the corridor , the greater the chance that we'll benefit from it. As a terminus , we'd stand to cash in quite a bit.