“This plan proposes strategic investments in transportation infrastructure across all regions of the Northwest Territories,” Transportation Minister David Ramsay said in a government press release. “In coming years, it will lay in place a foundation for the economic growth and prosperity of the NWT.”

Premier Bob McLeod also lauded the proposal: “The investments proposed in Corridors for Canada III are needed to develop the potential of the Northwest Territories. This proposal moves us closer to having in place the transportation infrastructure needed for a sustainable and prosperous future.”

The proposal also suggests investing in expanding capacity at high traffic airports, and researching methods for mitigating climate change and reducing its effect on existing and new transportation infrastructure.

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One of the voices to be heard from is ReNew Canada’s publisher Todd Latham. As both a member of the media and an integral part of Canada’s infrastructure sector, he has a unique perspective on matters of journalistic attention as it pertains to projects like Metrolinx’ Regional Transportation Plan.

Also speaking will be the National Post’s Terence Corcoran, The Globe and Mail’s Marcus Gee, The Toronto Sun’s Sue-Ann Levy, Spacing Magazine’s John Lorinc, and Metrolinx’ Judy Pfeifer.

Early bird registration rates are available here.

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A first charging station was unveiled this week at the downtown train station parking lot, located on Rue Lindsay, and will be operational in July. A second charging station was installed in the parking lot on Rue Hériot, and a third one will be at the sports complex. Additional sites are currently in discussion as the city wants to install even more charging stations in 2014.

“For Drummondville, the environment is of capital importance,” highlighted Mayor Francine Ruest-Jutras. “The implementation of electric vehicle  charging stations  is yet another forward-looking measure taken by the city to protect the environment and improve the quality of life of its residents.”

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In advance of the Canadian Urban Forum next week, the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) has released a draft position paper that follows through on these ideas and that provides the policy and practical links between the various models. The paper will help drive the panel and audience discussions at the forum, and input from these discussions will be used to augment and modify the paper in preparation for wider release after the conference.

The CUI and its partners have convened the Canadian Urban Forum to bring together leaders from across Canada to identify new models for tomorrow’s infrastructure. Getting essential infrastructure built in a time of fiscal constraint is a challenge facing Canada’s municipalities and every publicly funded institution across the country. Although there is agreement in principle from the federal government through the renew of infrastructure funding for municipalities, solutions still need to be found to address the additional infrastructure needs of the nation’s universities, schools, hospitals, and housing agencies as well as long-term, larger-scale community projects and programs like higher order transit.

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Partners for Climate Protection (PCP), created by the federally funded Federation of Canadian Municipalities, and ICLEI-Canada have released 2012’s National Measures Report. The report evaluates and summarizes ways in which Canadian communities of varying sizes are working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It considers initiatives of all scopes and complexities, from energy efficient retrofits to district energy systems.

The report aims to highlight the many unique strategies municipalities have adopted nation-wide in order to conserve their regional environments. According to a Green Municipal Fund update, “PCP member communities reported 112 measures to reduce GHG emissions; representing nearly $800 million in local investments, and resulting in 241,285 tonnes in annual GHG reductions as well as $1.4 million in annual cost savings.”

The update also reported over 800 reduction initiatives, $2.3 billion invested, and 1.8 million tonnes in GHG reductions since the program was initiated in 2008.

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Organization: Transport Futures

Website: www.transportfutures.ca/media

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The transformer station, the first to be built downtown since 1955, will help the city to cope with a rapid population increase in the city, especially the downtown core, which grew 50 per cent between 2006 and 2011. Toronto Hydro has estimated that at some point between 2017 and 2022, the city’s five existing downtown stations will be unable to keep up with demand.

Once the project is in service—the completion date is currently set for the end of 2014—the station will power such venues as the CBC headquarters and Rogers Centre, and will also connect to future infrastructure along the city’s waterfront.

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Golder Associates Ltd. has made several expansions to its laboratory services around Ontario, including enhancements at Golder labs in Mississauga, Cambridge, Whitby, and Barrie, and the construction of a brand new facility in Markham. The additions to the existing laboratories include new equipment and more space in Cambridge and Whitby, new equipment in Barrie, and a relocation and expansion of the Mississauga location.

“Golder has been working with the infrastructure, construction, and land development industries for over 50 years. With nine labs in Ontario alone, we are able to assist a broad range of clients with varying needs,” managing principal of GTA and Ontario operations Sean McFarland said. “These enhancements allow us to improve testing and analysis turnaround times while raising our quality levels even higher.”

Golder’s existing laboratories provide a variety of services including soil index testing, aggregate testing, hot mix asphalt and bituminous liquids testing, concrete testing rock engineering properties, and soil engineering properties.

Laboratory services manager John Watkins made this statement via press release: “The lab expansions show Golder’s dedication to our clients’ success. By listening to, and building a strategy around, what our clients are telling us, we feel that we’ve made strategic investments that will provide greater value.”

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According to the Halifax Regional Municipality, “Drivers must yield the right of way to pedestrians who are lawfully within a crosswalk.” the driver may have been in the wrong, was this the right action to take?

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Metrolinx has estimated that a region-wide one-per-cent increase would bring in as much as $1.3 billion, a good part of the $2 billion a year necessary for transit funding. But with flat denial from Flaherty, and a lack of support from both the NDP and the Conservatives at the provincial level, Sousa and the Liberal government are facing an uphill battle in finding funding for the transit system.

“These are just recommendations,” said Sousa in an interview with the Canadian Press. “We’ve made it clear that we’re going to have engagement and discussions and we’re going to assess what this means. Let’s sit down and talk about the funding and what it is the federal government is going to do to support Ontario. We recognize there is a concern about finding appropriate funding.”

Metrolinx believes that with adequate support, they will be able to drop the GTA’s average commute time from the current 82 minutes down to 77 minutes over the next 25 years.

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