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[roccerfeller]

Originally Posted by The Jabroni

...and on the related link...

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/loc...165236116.html

Oh boy

CentrePort Canada Way will have two signalled intersections along the route and a potential travel speed of 100 km/h.

[Mininari]

Originally Posted by roccerfeller

Oh boy

And posted speed limits of 80km/hr with potential speeding tickets of $292.00 (or much much more?).

Nonetheless, I don't think the road construction delays are that big of a deal. Its more important that the RM / City infrastructure deal get sorted out so they can service more land.

[original]

You kiddin' me?
With all this fed money going into this project, they still managed to put 2 signalized intersections? I think Winnipeg is the most anti-interchange city in North America.

100km/h... then the light turns red. That's awesome, this is going to be the same shit show that 101 and Pipeline Road is.

[Mininari]

Originally Posted by original

You kiddin' me?
With all this fed money going into this project, they still managed to put 2 signalized intersections? I think Winnipeg is the most anti-interchange city in North America.

100km/h... then the light turns red. That's awesome, this is going to be the same shit show that 101 and Pipeline Road is.

I don't understand why diamond interchanges aren't being used anywhere in this city. Granted they only make it free-flow for one direction, but there are so many locations where that would be a HUGE improvement. Diamond off & on ramps with double turn lanes would be more than enough to handle traffic volumes. Imagine a few of these along Lag or route 90 (granted a Diamond would probably fail miserably at Sterling Lyon)

[Andy6]

Originally Posted by Mininari

I don't understand why diamond interchanges aren't being used anywhere in this city. Granted they only make it free-flow for one direction, but there are so many locations where that would be a HUGE improvement. Diamond off & on ramps with double turn lanes would be more than enough to handle traffic volumes. Imagine a few of these along Lag or route 90 (granted a Diamond would probably fail miserably at Sterling Lyon)

How much of the cost of an interchange does that save? Surely the reason is that they can't afford any type of interchange, even a slightly cheaper one.

[Mininari]

Originally Posted by Andy6

How much of the cost of an interchange does that save? Surely the reason is that they can't afford any type of interchange, even a slightly cheaper one.

I've seen people on this forum quote (in recent years-dollars) that a small diamond interchange can be built for as little as $20M. Granted, they'd need a longer overpass structure to accommodate future widening of the roadway underneath, so maybe closer to $30M.

But yeah, you're right. Money is tight, and they're aggressively rebuilding crumbling PTHs around the Province. My position on the funding issue is they need to leverage the CentrePort Program's need for infrastructure improvements to facilitate goods movement to get some more federal dollars. Considering how long it takes to design and build in Winnipeg, they need to press on this now. It can all be sold as an investment in the economy, which it most certainly is.

[Biff]

The provincial government is distributing this news release on behalf of CentrePort Canada and the Government of Manitoba.

NEW CENTREPORT CANADA AGREEMENT TO INCREASE TRADE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MANITOBA PRODUCERS

Sept. 18, 2012, Shanghai, China - CentrePort Canada Inc., SinoTrans Eastern Company Ltd., and Invent IOT Technology Inc. today signed an agreement to work together to develop new technologies, logistics and supply chain systems that will help Manitoba food producers and other businesses export high-quality products to growing consumer markets in China.

The signing was witnessed by Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger, who is in Asia as part of the Council of the Federation's 2012 mission to China. The agreement will help advance CentrePort's recently-launched China project, which involved building a new supply platform to make it easier to export into China, and partnering with Invent IOT Technology to use radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and labels to secure and track Manitoba cargo as it is shipped overseas.

"This is about leveraging CentrePort's advantages, such as its extensive reach into North America and strong partnerships with companies in China, to provide Manitoba and Canadian producers with new opportunities to sell and export prime, high-quality products including food," Selinger said. "It's a positive for our economy, particularly our agricultural sector, and will help differentiate and promote Manitoba products in a competitive, global marketplace."

The partners in the CentrePort agreement will work towards several objectives including:

* Increasing the number of empty shipping containers in Manitoba, which can then be used to export Manitoba products. A lack of empty containers available for export of Canadian goods is a concern throughout Western Canada.

* Providing Manitoba agricultural and other producers with a new market to sell their goods by increasing the number of containerized exports from Manitoba to China.

* Helping the Province of Manitoba continue to increase and diversify its trading partners. China is currently Manitoba's second-largest trading partner ($1.8 billion in two-way trade in 2011) and the second-largest economy in the world.

* Meeting a growing Chinese consumer demand for high-quality food products. China is a net importer of agricultural products and rising incomes as well as issues with food counterfeiting and contamination have increased demand for high-quality, safe foods.

"Today's agreement with SinoTrans and Invent is an important next step in building on our efforts to increase Manitoba trade with China," said Diane Gray, president and CEO of CentrePort. "Our successful soybeans shipment to China earlier this year demonstrated that there is a strong demand for secure, fully-monitored, high-quality food products, but that more work is required to connect Manitoba producers with Chinese buyers and to ensure that our cargo travels in an efficient, cost-effective way."

SinoTrans, which is a government-owned agency with international operations, is the largest logistics and transportation company in China. As the only global land, sea and air freight forwarding company in the country, SinoTrans has unmatched transportation connections and capabilities which are critical in moving Manitoba export projects forward, Gray said.

In particular, efforts with SinoTrans will focus on shipping initiatives that increase the supply of containers and back-haul opportunities out of Manitoba, while utilizing Invent's RFID technology to guarantee the cargo's security and integrity, Gray added.

Invent has developed the RFID tags and labels, used by CentrePort, to fully track and trace Manitoba and Canadian products being shipped from Canada to China. Invent's electronic cargo tracking system, which was successfully launched earlier this year with a pilot shipment of 250 tonnes of Manitoba soybeans to Chongqing, ensures the authenticity, quality and security of home-grown products.

CentrePort Canada is a 20,000-acre inland port and the first in the country to offer investors single-window access to Foreign Trade Zone benefits. Located in the heart of North America - in Winnipeg, Manitoba - CentrePort connects to major national and international trade gateways and corridors, and is the only inland port in Canada to offer direct access to tri-modal transportation options including road, rail and air cargo.

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[Spocket]

Interchanges can be built for as little as 10-15 million . Sure , it's not chump change but when you consider that 100 million will get you free flow along , say , Bishop Grandin from before St. Anne's to Waverley , it's not really that much .

The reason the province has never spent money on interchanges is because the voting public tends to be socialist . As a result , successive Manitoba governments (particularly the NDP) have spent most of their budget on things like healthcare . Nothing wrong with that but it's not necessarily because we don't have the money . It's that we spend it differently than other provinces .

The NDP is notorious for mismanaging budgets too so that doesn't help .

[jmt18325]

There is more being spent on roads now than probably at any time in recent memory. The problem is that we're playing catch up, and we have to fix the roads that are falling apart before we can build out. That said, we are for the first time in a long time getting new interchanges.

Oh, and healthcare actually takes up a smaller part of Manitoba's provincial budget than it does in places like Ontario, BC, and Alberta. We don't have as much money.

[Bdog]

Originally Posted by Spocket

Interchanges can be built for as little as 10-15 million . Sure , it's not chump change but when you consider that 100 million will get you free flow along , say , Bishop Grandin from before St. Anne's to Waverley , it's not really that much .

The reason the province has never spent money on interchanges is because the voting public tends to be socialist . As a result , successive Manitoba governments (particularly the NDP) have spent most of their budget on things like healthcare . Nothing wrong with that but it's not necessarily because we don't have the money . It's that we spend it differently than other provinces .

The NDP is notorious for mismanaging budgets too so that doesn't help .

Pump stations alone would likely eat up your $10 M... More realistically, it would be $25 to $35 M for interchanges, depending on things like utility relocations, expropriation, dirt to move, etc...

[Biff]

The $10 -15 million dollar range for interchanges is for a rural, diamond interchange like on I-29 in North Dakota. Utility relocation is all extra, as is detours, property acquisition etc, etc. That is why the Rothesay overpass on Chief Peguis (no on or off ramps) cost about $35 million.

[Biff]

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[roccerfeller]

It nice to see some activity on this front

The tough thing is always getting large projects started, putting all the peices together

I am happy Selinger is making this a primary point for his government

[harls]

The new provincial map that came out last week shows CCW as Highway 190.

http://www.manitoba.ca/mit/map/pdf/winnipeg.pdf

[cnr67]

Originally Posted by newflyer

While I did show Winnipeg's capacity to handle massive levels of goods and link them to the continent .. I wouldn't be fair if I didn't do the same for Edmonton and Regina, since they think they are in the running.



Edmonton CNR .. there is no CPR Yard in Edmonton to my knowledge



Regina CPR Yards .... no CNR Yards

Even if you combined the two cities they only offer a tiny fraction of Winnipeg's transportation capacity.
I can't even imagine either of those two cities imagining they are even in the running to become a major Inland Port.

Although Edmonton will make a good regional container port for Prince Rupert one day.

There is very much a CPR yard in South Edmonton along with thier intermodal yards. A new yard is being constructed just south of the city to replace the existing Intermodal yards.

[Andy6]

Originally Posted by harls

The new provincial map that came out last week shows CCW as Highway 190.

http://www.manitoba.ca/mit/map/pdf/winnipeg.pdf

Interesting. Wonder who got to pick the number. The 100-series isn't exactly running short. I don't know if it has something to do with Route 90 -- I'd worry about confusion when the two main truck routes in the city will be Route 90 and Highway 190, but maybe they thought that was a good thing.

Sometimes they used to number the provincial roads or minor Provincial Trunk Highways by combining the numbers of the major Provincial Trunk Highways that they joined (e.g. Highway 68 originally linked Highway 6 and Highway 8 and Highway 13 linked Highway 1 and Highway 3) -- maybe the idea is that this one is eventually going to link Highway 1 with Route 90.

[bomberjet]

Originally Posted by Andy6

Interesting. Wonder who got to pick the number. The 100-series isn't exactly running short. I don't know if it has something to do with Route 90 -- I'd worry about confusion when the two main truck routes in the city will be Route 90 and Highway 190, but maybe they thought that was a good thing.

Sometimes they used to number the provincial roads or minor Provincial Trunk Highways by combining the numbers of the major Provincial Trunk Highways that they joined (e.g. Highway 68 originally linked Highway 6 and Highway 8 and Highway 13 linked Highway 1 and Highway 3) -- maybe the idea is that this one is eventually going to link Highway 1 with Route 90.

Well I think they chose the 190 to align with the 100 series "Expressways". Chief Peguis is also to be renumbered to 117, or it may already be.

Maybe coincidence that the CCW will link PTH 1 with Route 90 when the Headingley bypass goes through, hence the 190.

Also highway 67 links 6 and 7!

[original]

Originally Posted by bomberjet

Well I think they chose the 190 to align with the 100 series "Expressways". Chief Peguis is also to be renumbered to 117, or it may already be.

Maybe coincidence that the CCW will link PTH 1 with Route 90 when the Headingley bypass goes through, hence the 190.

Also highway 67 links 6 and 7!

Expressways in Winnipeg...

[The Jabroni]

Originally Posted by original

Expressways in Winnipeg...

Hey now! It may be a pipe dream, but you never know.

[armorand93]

Originally Posted by original

Expressways in Winnipeg...

*goes 100, stops at light, barely hits 60 then more lights*