INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT

British Columbia has planned and is investing to improve public and private sector infrastructure. The value of the major projects planned or underway is $187 billion. Many of these projects are already completed or well underway.

Ports

• Phase I of the new Prince Rupert Container Terminal with 500,000 TEU capacity (Twenty-foot equivalent unit, the standard measurement of container ships) is open. Planning is underway for Phase II which will add a further 1.5 million TEUs.
• The Port of Vancouver's Deltaport Third Berth will add 400,000 TEUs capacity by 2009. The Deltaport Terminal 2 Project will add another 1.9 million TEUs by 2020.

Roads and Bridges

• British Columbia is investing $4.6 billion in roads and bridges. This includes the $3 billion Gateway Program Road and Bridge Projects in Metro Vancouver and improvements to other major highway networks across the province and into Alberta.

Rail

• $160 million will increase Canadian Pacific Railway capacity by 12 per cent along southern lines from Vancouver to Manitoba
• Canadian National (CN) Railway is investing $30 million in the Port of Prince Rupert, and $20 million to build an intermodal facility in Prince George.

Air

• A $1.9 billion expansion of Vancouver International Airport will increase terminal capacity by 5 million passengers by 2009.